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: 1925-04-15
Summary:

Parisian photoplays – until 'Body and Soul' brought Alice Lake to the screen again last evening at the Queen's Theatre – have been of two sorts, very drawing-room and impressively smart, or very underworld in an unconvincing, Apache-like way. Hence the relief and later, as soon as…

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Newspaper Source: Hong Kong Telegraph
Publication Date: 1925-04-17
Summary:

Queen's Theatre will be screening the Nazimova production 'Camille' today for a run of four days. The film is an adaptation for the screen by June Mathis, who wrote the continuity for the Rex Ingram production for Metro's 'The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse' and…

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1925-04-17
Summary:

Camille,' the Nazimova production which will be shown today at the Queen's Theatre, has been modernized for the screen in an adaptation by June Mathis, who wrote the continuity for the Rex Ingram production for Metro of 'The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse' and 'The…

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1925-04-20
Summary:

A laughing screen success came to town last evening when the newest of Douglas MacLean productions, 'The Yankee Consul,' was presented at the Coronet. MacLean hops steps and jumps from one amusing scene to another with the personality and pantomimic ability. The cast as a whole is…

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1925-04-29 - 1925-04-29
Summary:

A big Broadway success, the hit of a London season, 'Welcome Stranger' has been made into a corking picture. In addition to the Jewish humour that made 'Potash and Perlmutter' such a success, there is also that touch of nature that is so essential to even the funniest of…

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1925-04-30 - 1925-04-30
Summary:

The whole town will laugh at 'Welcome Stranger,' with Florence Vidor, Noah Beery, Dore Davidson, Lloyd Hughes, Otis Harlan, Robert Edeson, Wm. V. Mong and Virginia Brown Faire. Illustration included.

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1925-05-01
Summary:

Welcome Stranger,' a sensational Broadway stage success of a few years back, made into a photoplay under the direction of James Young, and released by Producers' Distributing Corp., comes to the Coronet Theatre today. As a stage play, 'Welcome Stranger' gave George Sidney one…

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1925-05-26
Summary:

Her Mad Bargain,' announced as the attraction at the Queen's Theatre, tomorrow, is Anita Stewart's new First National attraction. The star's recognized ability is an actress of what is termed the sympathetic type is given full play and her fashionable wardrobe more than…

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Newspaper Source: Hong Kong Telegraph
Publication Date: 1925-05-27
Summary:

Queen's Theatre will be screening 'Her Mad Bargain' featuring Anita Stewart, today. Miss Stewart plays the role of the society girl magnificently. The supporting cast includes Walter McGrail, Gertrude Astor, Arthur Edmund Carew [sic], Adele Farrington, Edmund [sic] Butterworth and…

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1925-05-27
Summary:

Her Mad Bargain,' which stars Anita Stewart, comes to the Queen's Theatre today. The story is based on the experiences of a young society girl. Film synopsis included. The supporting cast includes Walter McGrail, Gertrude Astor, Arthur Edmund Carew [sic], Adele Farrington, Edmund…

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Headline: The Last Trail'
Newspaper Source: The China Mail
Publication Date: 1925-06-06
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Newspaper Source: Hong Kong Telegraph
Publication Date: 1925-06-06
Summary:

Tomorrow, World Theatre will be screening a William Fox production 'The Last Trail' which exhibits the devastating capacity of floods. The film is directed by Emmett J. Flynn who invested in a costly enterprise to film the spectacular scenes of flooding which was set in California.…

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1925-06-06
Summary:

The Last Trail' is a William Fox super-special attraction, which was adapted from the novel of that name by Zane Grey. It will be showing at the World Theatre. To create the startling incident of flooding which constitutes the big climax of the Fox picture, the director, Emmett J. Flynn,…

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Newspaper Source: The China Mail
Publication Date: 1925-06-20
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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1925-11-14 - 1925-11-14
Summary:

Saturday to Monday, November 15 to 17, John Barrymore in 'Sherlock Holmes,' directed by Albert Parker, adapted from William Gillette's stage play founded on Sir Conan Doyle's stories. The cast includes Roland Young, Carol Dempster, Hedda Hopper, Percival [sic] Knight,…

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Headline: The Queen's
Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1925-11-16 - 1925-11-16
Summary:

Today only at 2.30, 5.15, 7.15 and 9.15 p.m., John Barrymore in his supreme screen creation of Sir A. Conan Doyle's immortal 'Sherlock Holmes.' Starting tomorrow, a play that turns marriage inside out, Warner Bros. classic of the screen, 'Her Marriage Vow,' directed by…