A History Of Film Exhibition And Reception In Colonial Hong Kong: 1897 To 1925
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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1924-09-11
Summary:

In 'The Storm Daughter,' the current Queen's Theatre attraction, Priscilla Dean appears as a charming fisher lass, who becomes the victims of a collision between a motorboat and a big sailing vessel, and later on, the object of the attention of a brute skipper. Much favourable…

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1924-09-12
Summary:

No villain or Vamp appears in 'April Showers,' the story of Irish young folk and Irish sentiments made by 'Preferred Pictures' which opens for a short run at the Queen's Theatre today. The lovable little heroine portrayed by Colleen Moore tries to put a vamp into the…

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1924-09-19
Summary:

Bert Lytell, the popular Metro star, will be seen in another screenplay, 'Sherlock Brown,' which has been described as 'not a Conan Doyle story,' which opens at the Queen's Theatre today. This new picture concerns, mainly, an earnest young clerk whose solitary ambition…

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1924-09-24
Summary:

On the occasion of the Birthday of Confucius, tomorrow, the Saiyingpun School will hold a celebration at the Queen's Theatre from 9 a.m. to 12 noon.

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1924-09-25
Summary:

Cinema-goers who have visited the Queen's Theatre this week have spoken well of 'The Price of Possession,' a picture in which Ethel Clayton gives a winning portrayal. Film plot included. There is little in the plot that can be classed as unexpected, but its unique treatment by a…

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1924-09-26
Summary:

Viola Dana, the screen star who enjoys a unique reputation in the film world, is to be seen in another Metro picture entitled 'The Five Dollar Baby,' which comes to the Queen's Theatre today and will be shown for five days. Irvin S. Cobb, the short-story writer, is the author of…

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1924-09-27
Summary:

Hongkong cinema-goers do not need to be told what Viola Dana represents on the silent stage. In 'The Five Dollar Baby,' plenty of room is found for fun – fun of the kind which is neither riotous nor unnatural. In some of the scenes one cannot help being carried away by the really…

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1924-09-29
Summary:

Cinema visitors who have been to the Queen's Theatre during the weekend are loud in their praises of the latest Metro production, 'The Five Dollar Baby,' in which that light-comedy actress, Viola Dana, takes the stellar role. Ralph Lewis is also seen to advantage as the Jewish…

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1924-09-30
Summary:

The final shows of Metro's light-comedy-melodrama, 'The Five Dollar Baby,' will be given today at the Queen's Theatre. Viola Dana, as the star, gives an exquisite performance and Ralph Lewis enacts the part of a benevolent pawnbroker of Semitic extraction.

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1924-10-01
Summary:

Not only does 'The Affairs of Anatol,' the Paramount all-star picture boast a number of names which are household words in the screen world but even Elinor Glyn, the famous novelist, permitted herself to be screened with the others in a society scene in the film. Among the better-known…

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1924-10-02
Summary:

An abundance of stars appears in 'The Affair of Anatol,' the Paramount picture which is having a brief run at the Queen Theatre. Cecil B. de Mille, the famous director, got together Wallace Reid, Gloria Swanson, Bebe Daniels, Wanda Hawley, Agnes Ayres, Monte Blue and Elliot Dexter for…

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1924-10-04
Summary:

Forget-Me-Not,' the Metro picture which comes to the Queen's Theatre on Monday, 6th inst., reproduces with great fidelity life story of two foundlings. It is a story of faith and love and yearning for happiness, that is thoroughly human from beginning to end. Film synopsis included.…

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1924-10-06
Summary:

Much pleasure has been derived from the screening of 'The Affairs of Anatol' the current big feature at the Queen's Theatre, where it has met with responsive attendances at all four shows. It is a Paramount picture with Cecil B. de Mille as director. Wallace Reid and Gloria…

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1924-10-07
Summary:

Forget-Me-Not,' which was shown for the first time yesterday at the Queen Theatre, is a picture which makes the heart glad. 'Forget-Me-Not' is a love story, but it is more than that. It is the life story of two foundlings who find it their devotion for each other some compensation…

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1924-10-11
Summary:

Cecilia of the Pink Roses' the feature attraction at the Queen's Theatre for the weekend, is an interpretation from the popular novel by Katherine Haviland Taylor and drew good houses when it was shown for the first time in Hongkong last night. The story which is on the order of a…

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1924-10-14
Summary:

The Common Law' which begins a four-day run at the Queen's Theatre beginning from today, is a high-class feature in every respect. Romance, beautiful women and gowns, lavish sets and more romance. All these ingredients are packed liberally into the 1924 version of this widely read…

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1924-10-18
Summary:

Love is an Awful Thing' starring Owen Moore, the King of Farce comedy in this riotously funny feature, is the attraction at the Queen's Theatre. For weeks, the production force has labored tirelessly in an effort to reduce its newest Owen Moore feature to a maximum of 5000 feet of film…

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1924-10-20
Summary:

It is difficult after seeing 'Love is an Awful Thing,' the comedy now showing at the Queen's Theatre, to know whether the acting, the direction of the story itself should receive the first mention. 'Love is an Awful Thing' is a broad farce throughout. It is a grand and…

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1924-10-22
Summary:

Woman to Woman' which is showing at the Queen's Theatre today is one of the best pictures produced in London that has come to Hongkong. It compares favourably with the best American productions. Perhaps the biggest feature of the picture is the lavish interior sets and the striking…

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1924-10-22
Summary:

Efrem Zimbalist, the world-famous violinist, could have wished for no warmer reception than that he received from an appreciative audience in the Queen's Theatre last night. It is true that owing principally to a big Trafalgar Day counter attraction at the Theatre Royal and also to the fact…