A History Of Film Exhibition And Reception In Colonial Hong Kong: 1897 To 1925
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Headline: Coronet
Newspaper Source: Hong Kong Telegraph
Publication Date: 1919-01-20 - 1919-01-22
Summary:

Tonight, William Farnum in 'A Gilded Fool,' 'The Little Monte Carlo' and 'Wiffles Singing Lessons,' etc.

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1919-01-20 - 1919-01-22
Summary:

Tonight at 5.15 and 9.15 p.m., William Farnum in 'A Gilded Fool.' Also 'The Little Monte Carlo,' 'Wiffles Singing Lessons,' etc.

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Headline: The Coronet
Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1919-01-20 - 1919-01-20
Summary:

We are now planning to give you what you have never yet had in a cinema in Hongkong--both a serial and a five-part picture in the same programme. We are also making it possible for you to come to the Coronet any time between 5.15 and 6.15 p.m. and see the complete show. In every programme we…

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Newspaper Source: The China Mail
Publication Date: 1919-01-20
Summary:

The Coronet yesterday was showing the Scottish picture 'The Daughter of MacGregor' of one last time and Scottish folk enjoyed it. A travel picture showing the cotton growing in Peru, and a comedy 'Nearly a Deserter' with orchestra, were also shown. Tonight Coronet is showing…

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Newspaper Source: The China Mail
Publication Date: 1919-01-20 - 1919-01-22
Summary:

Tonight at 5.15 and 9.15 p.m., William Farnum in 'A Gilded Fool.' also showing 'The Little Monte Carlo' and 'Wiffles Singing Lessons.'

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Headline: The Coronet
Newspaper Source: The China Mail
Publication Date: 1919-01-20 - 1919-01-20
Summary:

We are now planning to give you what you have never yet had in a Cinema in Hongkong – both a serial and a five-part picture in the same programme. We are also making it possible for you to come to the Coronet any time between 5.15 and 6.15 p.m. and see the complete show. In every programme we…

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1919-01-22
Summary:

The Coronet Theatre had a nice programme with a special feature 'A Gilded Fool' and the short intervals between pictures allowed the coming and going of patrons without disturbances. A very pretty nature study in colour was 'The pursuit of the aigrette,' while the inimitable…

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Headline: The Coronet
Newspaper Source: Hong Kong Telegraph
Publication Date: 1919-05-12 - 1919-05-14
Summary:

Charles Darrell's world famous melodrama 'When London Sleeps,' played by the original company. A stage play 'When London Sleeps' after a long run at the Princess of Wales Theatre. May 12-14 remarks: 'The Great Vacuum Robbery,' 'The Wild Engine,' and…

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1919-05-12 - 1919-05-14
Summary:

Tonight at 5.15 and 9.15 p.m., Charles Darrell's world-renowned melodrama, 'When London Sleeps.' Also 'The Great Vacuum Robbery,' 'The Wild Engine' and British Gazette Nos. 522-523. Booking at Robinson's.

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1919-05-12 - 1919-05-12
Summary:

Charles Darrell's 'When London Sleeps,' played by the original company. Commencing tonight at the Coronet.

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Headline: The Kinemas
Newspaper Source: The China Mail
Publication Date: 1919-05-12
Summary:

The Victoria Theatre has been getting full houses with 'The Waifs,' a Gladys Hulette picture that appeals, and for a Wiffle comic. The Coronet Theatre is full every night also, Smith and Bella Jackson were the 'drawers.' The pictures are striking. The Hongkong Theatre has a…

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Newspaper Source: The China Mail
Publication Date: 1919-05-12 - 1919-05-14
Summary:

Tonight at 5.15 and 9.15 p.m., Charles Darrell's world-renowned melodrama, 'When London Sleeps.' Also 'The Great Vacuum Robbery' and 'The Wild Engine.' British Gazette No. 522-523. Booking at Robinson's.

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Newspaper Source: Hong Kong Telegraph
Publication Date: 1919-05-13
Summary:

The management of the Coronet Theatre, in its usual enterprising manner, screened yesterday Charles Darrell's famous melodrama 'When London Sleeps' in four parts. The film version of this drama, which had been performed in almost every town in the British Isles, closely follows…

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Headline: The Coronet
Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1919-05-13
Summary:

Screening of Charles Darrell's 'While London Sleeps,' support by 'The Great Vacuum Robbery,' 'The Wild Engine' and British Gazette.

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Headline: The Coronet
Newspaper Source: Hong Kong Telegraph
Publication Date: 1919-08-26 - 1919-08-28
Summary:

What Shakespeare was among dramatists; what Charles Dickens was among novelists; that D. W. Griffith is among film producers! 'Intolerance' and 'Hearts of the World.' Booking at Moutrie's.

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Newspaper Source: The China Mail
Publication Date: 1919-08-26 - 1919-08-27
Summary:

What Shakespeare was among dramatists; what Charles Dickens was among novelists; what D. W. Griffith is among film producers: the Coronet has had the greatest privilege of showing his two masterpieces, 'Intoleraece' and 'Hearts of the World,' the two picture plays that are…

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1919-11-01
Summary:

The new picture at the Coronet 'The Auction Block,' is adapted from the novel of the same name by Rex Beach. Rubye De Remer is the feminine lead and the large cast including Florence Deshon, Dorothy Wheeler, Florence John, Tom Powers, Walter Hitchcock, Ned Burton, Charles Graham,…

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Headline: The Coronet
Newspaper Source: Hong Kong Telegraph
Publication Date: 1920-02-02 - 1920-02-07
Summary:

For one week, George Pearson and T. A. Welsh present Bruce Bairnsfather and Arthur Eliot's big British production 'The Better 'Ole' featuring Charles Rock. Book at the Coronet. February 3 remarks: Under the distinguished patronage of H. E. The Governor, H. E. Vice-admiral…

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Newspaper Source: The China Mail
Publication Date: 1920-02-02 - 1920-02-17
Summary:

Tonight at 5.15, 7.15 and 9.15 p.m., George Pearson and T. A. Welsh present Bruce Bairnsfather and Arthur Eliot's world-renowned play, 'The Better ‘ole.' Usual prices. Booking at the Theatre. February 2 Remarks: On page 5, another ad. on 'The Better 'ole' featuring…

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1920-02-03
Summary:

The enterprising Coronet management has secured a British photoplay and this popular little theatre will be filled tonight, for the picture is no other than 'The Better ‘Ole,' adapted from the play which had such a successful run at the Oxford Theatre in London and which in turn had…