Last night, Professor Charver gave a luminary exhibition of the latest invention in phantasmagoria in St. Andrew's Hall to a select party of press representatives and other gentlemen. There is a description of the screening of Cinematograph: a long strip of photographic film is wound from…
The latest and most perfect animated pictures direct from London to Hong Kong. Complete set of Pictures of the Coronation Festivities. Vide Shanghai Press of last Winter. Plan at the Robinson Riano Co., Ltd. T. J. Stevenson is the Proprietor.
There will be a Bioscope Exhibition at 37 Elgin Street, Kowloon tonight, commencing at 7 p.m. It will be given by the American Specialty and Bioscope Co., and press notices in Australian contemporaries praise the show very highly. Prices of admission are low.
The annual Fire Brigade competition took place this afternoon at the rear of the Ko Shing Theatre when various drills were gone through. The exhibition was witnessed by His Excellency the Governor and a party from Government House, while all the points of vantage round the open space were…
A very interesting lecture in Australia was given at the City Hall on Thursday evening, under the auspices of the Old Volumes Society by Mr J. B. Suttor, Commercial Commissioner in the East for New South Wales. Interesting cinematograph films illustrative of the scenery, sport, the farm etc.,…
Messrs Ramos and Ramos make a specialty of introducing the best artist to the Hongkong public and their latest success is Mr Frank Melrose, a great London comedian, who is known in all parts of the world. His Press notices alone fill several large albums so that he came to Hongkong to appear at…
The magnificent reception accorded their Majesties the King and Queen, on their official visit to President Poincaire in Paris and the capital's lavish decorations, form the subject of a specially prepared film by the Pathe Freres Cinema, Ltd. The film arrived at the Cinema's Hongkong…
An exceptional theatrical agreement has been concluded by Mr. George Tyler, the American Theatrical manager, of the firm of Leibler and Company, New York. He has secured the exclusive services for a long term of years, both for America and for England, of Miss Phyllis Neilson Terry, the daughter…
A recent report that the motion-picture business in China is practically confined to the treaty ports and large commercial centres like Shanghai, Tientsin and Hongkong. Shanghai has probably six motion-picture houses while Tientsin and Peking have a smaller number. Film business was run by…
According to an article in The Times, the new German 'Military Picture and Film Office' gave a press view at the end of last week of its first production, called 'With Our Heroes on the Somme.' According to the account in the Cologne Gazette, there are plenty of pictures of…
Yesterday afternoon at the private studio of Messrs Pathe Freres, the members of the Press and a few of the Officers of the Knox's Mission were shown the film that will be shown at the Coronet Theatre next week: 'The Surrender of the German Fleet.' There are also some good…
Mr. Fred Goodwins, the film actor, who was Charlie Chaplin's press agent for two years, gave an interesting lecture recently to the members of the Stoll Picture Theatre Club, talked about the earlier life and career of this famous actor.
A judgment of interest, especially to owners or lessees of picture theatres, who hire their films from different towns, was delivered on June 1 in the Supreme Court by the Chief Justice. Sir John Bucknill. K. C. The case originally heard was the Middle East Films Limited. against H. W. Ray of…
Carmel Myers, the star of 'Who will Marry Me?' and other notable comedy and dramatic successes come to the Hongkong Theatre today in 'The Little White Savage,' a brilliant burlesque on the activities of present-day press agents. Review included.
Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks, Charlie Chaplin, Pola Negri and possibly several other famous American moving picture stars are coming to the Orient on a trip around the world early in the spring, according to the information given the Associated Press in New York. The New York Dispatch says…
Why not take your own movie? You will too, with the Sept Camera. Although smaller than the usual hand camera, The Sept is not a toy. It is a real movie machine which will give you 17 feet of film by simply pressing the automatic spring. Price $300. You can also show films in your own home with…
The Kid' is now showing in Coronet. Jackie Coogan, the boy of eight has yet arrived England, chronicled in the press, for how he attracted the attention of Charlie Chaplin and development of his acting career. Film synopsis included.
Today till Saturday at 5.15 and 9.15 p.m., 'Merry-Go-Round,' featuring Mary Philbin, Norman Kerry and a great cast. Today till Saturday at 2.30 and 7.15 p.m., the latest Chinese super-production 'Two Valiant Brothers' in 10 reels produced by Commercial Press Ltd. Also '…