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: 1911-03-09
Summary:

Mr. J. B. Suttor is to lecture in the St. Andrew's Hall, City Hall, this afternoon before the Odd Volumes Society. The lecture, which will be illustrated by cinematograph pictures, is on Australian life, and H. E. the Governor will preside.

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1911-03-10
Summary:

In St. Andrew's Hall, Mr. J. B. Suttor, the Commercial Commissioner in the East for New South Wales, delivered a lecture on Australia, in the course of which reference was made to statistics of the commercial, industrial and material progress of Australia, its climate conditions and…

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1921-10-17
Summary:

Scarlet Pimpernel,' from Baroness Orczy's novel, was shown on the screen at the World Theatre. Dustin Farnum and Winifred Kingston take the main roles in the film. Film synopsis included. Pathe News and two good comedies are also in the programme.

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1921-12-12
Summary:

Reports from the North tell of phenomenal business for the cinemas that have been so fortunate as to secure Charlie Chaplin's wonderful comedy, 'The Kid.' In Shanghai, it crowded the Victoria Theatre for two weeks.

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1922-11-29
Summary:

Shanghai, Nov 27 – Mr. Bernard Goldenberg, Manager of the Victoria Cinema, was found dead in his room. It is believed that the murderer escaped after removing a valuable diamond ring, worth $900, from the body. He was the Manager of the Ramos amusement. Ramos Bros. leased the old Victoria…

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1922-12-01
Summary:

Shanghai, Nov 30 – The police have established the fact that threats had been made against the life of the late Mr. Goldenberg, Manager of the Victoria Cinema, who was recently murdered.

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1922-12-04
Summary:

Shanghai papers give further particulars of the murder of Mr. Bernard Goldenberg, Manager of the Victoria Theatre. The case is regarded as one of the most difficult yet handled by the local police in which a foreigner is concerned.

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1922-12-09
Summary:

Bernard Goldenberg, Manager of the Victoria Theatre at Shanghai, who was murdered recently, has a brother in Manila, M. Goldenberg, who is in the piece goods business.

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1922-12-15
Summary:

A reward is offered by the Shanghai Commissioner of Police for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the perpetrators of the murder of Bernard Goldenberg of the Victoria Theatre.

10
Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1923-07-25
Summary:

Improvements are being carried out, under the supervision of Messrs. Palmer and Turner, in the City Hall and the Theatre Royal. St. George's Hall, the St. Andrew's Hall and the small rooms are having new floors for dancing. The building is also being redecorated.

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1925-01-09
Summary:

Yesterday Leopold Premyslavs, the violinist and Eugenie Premyslavs the cellist, his wife, returned to the Colony in the s.s. Empress of Russia. They are, with the assistance of Mr. Harry Ore, to give a concert in St. Andrew's Hall on Saturday night and another, at the Star Theatre, on the…