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: 1924-07-18
Summary:

Yeung Wing-hong, assistant studio manager employed by the China Sun Motion Picture Company, was charged on remand at the Central Magistracy yesterday with the embezzlement of two sums of money amounting to $428 on May 30th. The defendant was discharged on the application of Mr. Armstrong, the…

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1925-10-05
Summary:

After having seen a film screened at the World Theatre on Friday, a small Chinese boy who watched the performance from one of the upper windows of the building was caught by employees of the theatre after an exciting chase, in which the boy attempted to evade his pursuers by climbing along the…

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1925-10-08
Summary:

Two Chinese policemen appeared before Mr. S. B. B. McElderry, at the Central Magistracy yesterday, as defendants in a charge of assault brought by the ticket collector of the Western Cinema at Third Street. The prosecution stated that the first man, whose name is Cheung Cheung, sought to enter…