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: 1925-05-13
Summary:

The students and staff members of the Technical College of Canton who arrived here Monday night, yesterday visited the Hongkong University, the Hongkong Electric Co., R. Corney and Co. and the China Sun Motion Picture Co. etc.

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1924-09-05 - 1924-09-06
Summary:

Order your cartoon film ads from us to advertise your business. Let us take pictures of your happy events that you would like to make a remembrance of. Prompt and reliable services guaranteed. The China Pictures Co., 45 Lee Tung Street. Tel. C. 4774.

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1924-01-04
Summary:

A film has been prepared for the Hongkong section of the British Empire Exhibition in London which depicts Chinese life and scenery in this Colony. It has been made by the South China Sun Motion Picture Company and is two thousand feet long.

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Newspaper Source: The China Mail
Publication Date: 1924-05-12
Summary:

Large crowds were the guests of the China Sun Motion Picture Co. Ltd. yesterday at the World Theatre, when, films, the production of the Company, were exhibited. These consisted in the main of the films prepared for the Empire Exhibition which were thoroughly appreciated.

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1924-05-10
Summary:

We are requested by the China Sun Motion Pictures Co. Ltd. of Causeway Bay, Hongkong to state that there is no truth in the report that 'after having erected a spacious studio at Causeway Bay, the Sun Motion Picture Company has now decided to transfer its activities to Canton.' The…

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1924-07-19
Summary:

With reference to the paragraph in this column of our yesterday's issue concerning a charge against Yeung Wing-hong, we have been informed by the China Sun Motion Picture Co. that the gentleman in question was not the Assistant Studio Manager of this Company as published.

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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: 1924-06-21 - 1924-06-21
Summary:

Monte Blue and Marie Prevost in 'Brass.' Also Hongkong Topical Picture produced by China Sun Motion Picture Co.

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1924-07-11 - 1924-07-11
Summary:

See Warner Bros. classic of the screen, 'Daddies,' adapted from the David Belasco stage success featuring Mae Marsh and Harry Myers in an all-star cast. 'The Inspection and Presentation of Colours to the Canton Troops by Dr. Sun Yat Sen,' produced by China Sun Motion Picture…

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Newspaper Source: The China Mail
Publication Date: 1924-05-03
Summary:

The position the cinema has come to occupy in Chinese life is forthcoming from the news of a reel recently made in an interior village and exhibited in Hongkong during Ching Ming holidays. Mr. Mok Kon-sang and Mr. Mok Wing-yu, of Messrs. Butterfield and Swire's comprador department, were…

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1917-09-04
Summary:

The Chief Justice heard in the Supreme Court yesterday a petition from the Sun Company Ltd., of Hongkong to extend the objects of the Company as set out in the memorandum of association. The action can be referenced with previous cases and his Lordship granted the application. Mr Potter…

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Headline: At the World
Newspaper Source: Hong Kong Telegraph
Publication Date: 1924-06-21 - 1924-06-21
Summary:

Commencing tomorrow Sunday, American World Flight Arrival at Hongkong, an interest Topical Picture produced by China Sun Motion Picture Co. Herbert Rawlinson with Alice Lake in 'The Dancing Cheat.'

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Newspaper Source: Hong Kong Telegraph
Publication Date: 1923-09-17
Summary:

Mr. K. Lips, an expert cameraman, arrived Hongkong recently to take up an engagement with China Sun Motion Picture Company. Among the first pictures he took were the scenes of damage caused by a recent typhoon. The pictures were made ready for the screen in record time. The scenic feature also…

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Headline: World Theatre
Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1924-06-23 - 1924-06-24
Summary:

Today and tomorrow only at 5.15 and 9.15 p.m., Reginald Denny in 18th round of 'The New Leather Pushers,' 'Arrival of American World Flight at Hongkong' produced by China Sun Motion Picture Co. and Herbert Rawlinson with Alice Lake in 'The Dancing Cheat.' Usual…

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Headline: World Theatre
Newspaper Source: Hong Kong Telegraph
Publication Date: 1924-06-23 - 1924-06-24
Summary:

Today & tomorrow only at 5.15 & 9.15 p.m., Reginald Denny in 18th round of 'The New Leather Pushers.' Arrival of American World Flight at Hongkong, produced by China Sun Motion Picture Co. Herbert Rawlinson with Alice Lake in 'The Dancing Cheat.' Usual prices.

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Headline: World Theatre
Newspaper Source: The China Mail
Publication Date: 1924-07-09 - 1924-07-12
Summary:

Wednesday 9th to Saturday 12th at 5.15 and 9.15 p.m., Mae Marsh and Harry Myers with Claude Gillingwater, Claire Adams, Willard Louis and Crauford Kent in 'Daddies.' Also 'The Canton Troops,' a canton film news produced by China Sun Motion Picture Co. Usual prices.

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Headline: World Theatre
Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1924-07-09 - 1924-07-12
Summary:

Wednesday 9th to Saturday 12th at 5.15 and 9.15 p.m., deluxe attraction, Mae Marsh and Harry Myers with Claude Gillingwater, Claire Adams, Willard Louis and Crauford Kent in 'Daddies.' Also 'The Canton Troops,' Canton film news produced by China Sun Motion Picture Co. Usual…

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Newspaper Source: The China Mail
Publication Date: 1916-01-28
Summary:

Mr. B. Brodsky, General Manager of the China Cinema Company Ltd., left Shanghai recently for America, taking with him a moving picture film manufactured by the China Cinema Company, entitled 'A Trip Through China,' which has been working on for the last five years. It comprised 20,000…

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Newspaper Source: Hong Kong Telegraph
Publication Date: 1924-05-09
Summary:

There is no truth in the report that 'after having erected a spacious studio at Causeway Bay, the Sun Motion Picture company has now decided to transfer its activities to Canton.' The directors of the company informed us that they are not giving up operations at Causeway Bay, in fact,…

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Headline: World Theatre
Newspaper Source: The China Mail
Publication Date: 1924-07-07 - 1924-07-08
Summary:

Today and tomorrow only at 5.15 and 9.15 p.m., Pathe British Gazette: King and Queen of Roumania at the British Empire exhibition. Also Hoot Gibson and Laura La Plante in 'Ride for Your Life.' Usual prices. July 8 Remarks: 'The Canton Troops' produced by China Sun Motion…