There was a large crowd at the Star Theatre to see the result of the acceptance of the challenge issued by Professor Eruch. The substance of challenge was, it will be remembered that the Professor backed himself for $1,000 to anyone who could hold him in handcuffs and leg-irons. Details of the…
Some excellent films have been shown in Hongkong from time to time but surely nothing finer in its way than the film version of 'The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse,' which crowded audiences saw for the first time at the Star Theatre, Kowloon, yesterday. The plot of the widely read…
(To the Editor, S. C. M. Post) Sir, – I am constrained by a letter that I have just received from a valued patron of the Coronet to ask the hospitality of your columns either to confirm my correspondent in his views or to vindicate my judgment. I have been advertising the limit the film that was…
What with the lawn bowls interport match, the K.C.C. 'at home,' the Police aquatic sports, the V.R.C. night fete, the 'movies,' the Gerald-Fenwick combination at the Star Theatre and, last but not least, the open-air concert at Volunteer Headquarters in aid of the Japan…
Today at 2.15, 5.15 and 9.15, the golden age of chivalry, jousting knights, fair women, the departure to the crusades all are showing in 'Robin Hood,' the picture all Hongkong is talking about.
(To the Editor, S. C. M. Post) Mr. H. W. Ray's reply to my own and 'Amusements' queries is most evasive, and seems to infer that a fair and just criticism of cinema prices must necessarily be full of malice on both sides. The hundreds of picture patrons who have been interested in…
(To the Editor, S. C. M. Post) It is never fair and just criticism – as said by your correspondent 'Unklutch' – when there is nothing to back the criticism. He does not tell us what the rent of a theatre in Hongkong is, the cost of running same in Hongkong, and film hire, and contents…
The dramatic gem of the year, 'Driven,' with a great cast including Charles E. Mack (courtesy D. W. Griffith), Elinor Fair, Burr McIntosh, Emily Fitzroy and George Bancroft.
The cadets and men on the Japanese training squadron spent a fairly busy weekend sightseeing. Yesterday, 750 Japanese sailors and 100 British sailors were entertained at a cinematograph performance at the World Theatre, at the conclusion of which each man received a packet of cigarettes bearing…