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: 1909-10-06
Summary:

To the Editor S. C. M. Post – Your excellent editorial note of today regarding cinematograph pictures deserves more than passing consideration. Apart altogether from the question as to whether such pictures are intended to educate or amuse the public, there remains the fact that they can be made…

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1910-07-22
Summary:

The Attorney General moved the second reading of the Bill to amend the Theatres and Public Performances Regulation Ordinance, 1908. The Attorney General said it has been thought desirable to place cinematograph exhibitions under the censorship of the Registrar General. There were reasons which…

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1921-04-21
Summary:

The Hongkong Chin Woo Athletic Association will celebrate its first anniversary on the 24th at the Kau Yu Fong Theatre. Demonstrations of the Chinese fistic art, a musical programme and speeches regarding the history and work of the Association and its benefit to the people will be given, and it…

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1923-08-30
Summary:

The attraction at the Star from Thursday to Saturday will be 'The Lone Wolf's Daughter,' a thrilling play adapted from a number of well-known stories which appeared in the Saturday Evening Post. It is an exciting drama, with plenty of mystery and first-class acting. Now that the…

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1923-08-31
Summary:

There is a world of plot in the story of 'The Lone Wolf's Daughter,' the offering at the Star until Saturday. An elaborate prologue shows how the Lone Wolf himself saves a woman's honour. Film synopsis included. For those who like really stirring melodrama, 'The Lone…

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1923-09-01
Summary:

A Bolshevik plan to destroy everything in London is the crux of the story of 'The Lone Wolf's Daughter,' the present film at the Star. Crooks, bad men, and fighting heroes abound in a plot which moves with the greatest possible rapidity of action. Miss Lousie Glaum, in the title…