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: 1916-06-16
Summary:

England's National Theatre, Drury Lane, is occupied by the cinematograph. The War Office recognized the cinematograph and allowed it to visit the seat of war. The earnings of English film actors in America can indicate the size and resources of the film business. With its scope, the dignity…

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1920-05-21
Summary:

This Colony has been slow to raise any enthusiasm over the cinema. At the Drury Lane theatre several films have been shown in broad daylight. There was no appreciable difference in the distinctness of the pictures. It will become a daylight cinema in more than one sense.

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1921-03-01
Summary:

To the Editor S. C. M. Post – At a recent meeting held in London of the entertainment world, at Drury Lane, it has been taken up with enthusiasm by all theatres, music-halls, cinemas and the concert halls, by the Earl Haig's Fund for Ex-Service Men.

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1923-11-12
Summary:

London, Oct. 15 – The Paris correspondent of the Morning Post states that a sensation has been caused in the French film world. Despite the Government's refusal to allow the exhibition of D. W. Griffith's 'Birth of Nation' film, it was shown in Paris for two days, and the…