The Salon Cinema-Theatre is drawing full houses night after night. The management has arranged a special programme for tonight and tomorrow night, and by special request they will reproduce the magnificent film 'Macbeth' which was taken in London by the 'Cinema Roma.' Those…
The Salon Cinema-Theatre is as usual drawing crowded houses nightly. The pictures are new and clear and the programmes are so well arranged that this new entertainment hall is assured of considerable public patronage. At present there are three artistes appearing on the boards nightly. Misses…
Tonight at the Salon Cinema-Theatre, Billy Bellew, champion welter-weight pugilist will give an exhibition of expert bag-punching. This evening there will be a benefit performance by Ruby Chrystal.
According to a report by American Medicine (New York), the use of the moving pictures in the teaching of surgery will probably soon become an assured fact. Already moving pictures are being utilised in some of our schools, but now that the manufacture, exposure, and reproduction of these…
Miss Ada King will perform tomorrow night at the Salon-Cinema Theatre. It will be her last appearance in Hongkong. Miss Doris McAulay made her first reappearance last night. Mr. Carl Wallner is still connected with the Salon and Miss Jessie Thorn will make her first appearance tomorrow night.…
Before Mr. Justice Gompestz, at the Summary Court this morning, Mr. W.K. Hinds of Messrs, Brutton and Hett, made an application to recover certain goods from the proprietor of the Salon Cinema-Theatre, Mr. Alex Almazoff. At this point, about half a dozen solicitors tried to speak at the same…
Nearly 400 miles of cinematograph films have been accumulated for copyright purposes at the national library of France. The authorities are at a loss to know what to do with them.
While a Chinese woman was walking along near the Empire Cinematograph last night, she was suddenly seen to stagger and the next moment fell down and died on the roadway.
Owing to the death of the King, the 'Empire' Cinematograph has been closed until further notice.
Re. Wong Fung Shek. Mr. F.X. Almada said he appeared for Mr. Otto Kong Sing. The debts amounted to $9,810.91 and the assets were $9,140, consisting of a set of cinematograph apparatus, furniture in the Salon-Cinematograph and a debt of about $700 due from the Hongkong Government. The application…
A detailed introduction of a Chinese theatre, in terms of galleries and the stage, written by Monro Anderson, in Pall Mall Gazette.
An interesting entertainment is being given by the Cinematograph in Wyndham Street. The funeral of His late Majesty appears most vividly. The procession at Windsor as well as that in London is given.
Even though it was good many years ago, now the old theatre in Hong Kong is too small, badly ventilated and its acoustics are the despair of every operatic and dramatic company that ventures to produce a piece within its walls.
The carpenter, Tye Yik, sued Messrs. Ramos and Ramos, proprietors of the Empire Cinematograph to recover extra expenses on the chairs which were deducted from the contract price in the Summary Court. At last, the parties intimated their desire to come to a settlement and the case was stopped.…
It is New York correspondent of the Observer witnessed a demonstration of Edison's new invention, the kinetophone. A man shown on a screen was seen throwing an iron ball on the floor. There was a perfect reproduction of sounds, including that of a motor horn.
An exhibition has been held in the art gallery on the Kingston-on-Thames Public Library of the books, lantern slides and apparatus of the late Mr. Eadweard Muybridge. He had 48 cameras arranged and electrically connected that he was able to take a perfect record of an animal's movements. He…
Canton, 3rd Nov. – There was some trouble at the first Nicola's performance here at the Tung Hing Theatre a few nights ago, when there was a large attendance of Europeans. They tried to cause a panic and their plans were frustrated by the police.
A large house was present last night in the new Bijou Scenic Theatre in Flower Street. It was formerly the Salon Cinema-Theatre. The pictures thrown on the screen last night were interesting and free from flicker. The film depicting the journey to Taipo on the new railway was particularly…
The Bijou Scenic Theatre has been drawing fairly good houses nightly. Audiences enjoy both Mr. Stephenson and Mr. Collins' performances. On the whole the pictures are very good, particularly the one called 'At a Cinematograph Show.' The film is screamingly funny. A special matinee…
A French scientist has developed an ingenious method which has greatly increased the scope of the cinematograph by considerably augmenting the speed – that is, the number of pictures taken within a second – to almost incredible figures.