A History Of Film Exhibition And Reception In Colonial Hong Kong: 1897 To 1925
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Newspaper Source: The China Mail
Publication Date: 1924-10-18
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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1920-05-26
Summary:

London, April 22 – At a special interview with Mr C. F. Higham, M. P., who is the Managing Director of the recently formed Alliance Film Corporation, he told me something of the company's immediate plans. They have been lucky enough to secure Matheson Lang to play the part he created in…

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1907-09-17 - 1907-10-26
Summary:

New Films arrive weekly, price 43 cents per metre (Straits Currency). F. Dreyfus is the sole agent for The Straits, Burmah, Java, Sumatra, Siam, Hongkong, The Philippines, etc.

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1907-10-31 - 1907-11-14
Summary:

New Films arrive weekly, price 43 cents per metre (Straits Currency). F. Dreyfus of the Boston Steamship Company, is the sole agent for The Straits, Burmah, Java, Sumatra, Siam, Hongkong, The Philippines, etc.

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Newspaper Source: The China Mail
Publication Date: 1905-09-16 - 1905-09-25
Summary:

Two performances nightly from 7.15 p.m. to 9 p.m. and from 9.15 p.m. to 11 p.m., starting from tonight. The programme includes 'Chinderella' [sic], 'The Eruption of Mount Pelle' and 'Destruction of St. Pierre, Martinique' for tonight and 'Passion Play' for…

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Headline: Bijou: Notice
Newspaper Source: Hong Kong Telegraph
Publication Date: 1913-06-02 - 1913-06-10
Summary:

The Bijou Theatre will be closed temporarily for the purpose of undergoing a thorough renovation; all the latest appliances will be fitted and the premises are being made up-to-date; the Bijou will be re-opened shortly under new management R. F. Barratt.

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Newspaper Source: The China Mail
Publication Date: 1924-05-24 - 1924-05-26
Summary:

Warner Bros. presents 'The Beautiful and Damned,' adapted from the novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald.

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1914-08-04
Summary:

Dr. F. B. Macdonald made statements on the stable nerve systems among children and attributed some of the trouble to the cinema.

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1919-10-17
Summary:

Mr. F. Marshall Sanderson, while on his way to Hankow with the popular film 'Intolerance' had to lie up at Chinkiang with influenza.

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1918-09-20
Summary:

Mr F. C. Lawes has concluded a visit to Hongkong and delivered a lecture on the war. One remarkable film will be that of an elderly Canton resident.

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1914-05-30
Summary:

Mr. F. M. Bowers, manager of a moving picture theatre at Jolo, was badly mangled by the fly wheel of his engine that he died on the following day, May 18.

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1923-07-05 - 1923-07-06
Summary:

The Off-Shore Pirate' by F. Scott Fitzgerald and starring Viola Dana, a Metro classic. Illustration included.

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1919-10-25
Summary:

Mr. F. Marshall Sanderson, who after a visit to this Colony was on his way from Shanghai with the 'Intolerance' film but had to be taken to hospital when the steamer arrived at Kiukiang, is progressing favourably.

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Newspaper Source: Hong Kong Telegraph
Publication Date: 1915-06-07 - 1915-06-09
Summary:

On June 8, the thrilling detective dramas, 'Harry the Swell' and 'On the Santa F. E. Trail'; latest gazettes; comic, interesting & historical pictures; On June 11, 7th & 8th episodes of the 'Perils of Pauline.'

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Newspaper Source: The China Mail
Publication Date: 1924-10-11
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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1924-05-30 - 1924-05-30
Summary:

Marie Prevost in Warner Bros. classic of the screen 'The Beautiful and Damned,' adapted from F. Scott Fitzgerald's popular novel.

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Headline: Aerial Films
Newspaper Source: Hong Kong Telegraph
Publication Date: 1919-07-03
Summary:

To introduce aerial scenes into film production, a new company, Aerofilms, Ltd, has been formed, with premises at the London Aerodrome Hendon. Mr. F. L. Wills, a demobilised R. A. F. observer is managing director and Mr. Grahame White is a member of the directorate. Mr Wills states that the new…

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1910-12-10
Summary:

Mr. F. V. Guy, died of gunshot wounds sustained accidentally in chasing a panther. For cinematograph purposes, Mr. Guy, in company with an operator, took a tiger and a panther up to Kelantan to match them in a fight against a buffalo.

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Newspaper Source: The China Mail
Publication Date: 1905-09-26
Summary:

The Royal Biograph conducted by Mr F. Neuman who has a fine collection of pictures. The pictures shown included scenes in the Russo-Japanese war, land and seascapes, street scenes from Shanghai and India, and many other humorous and interesting character. The biograph was set in the tent which…

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1918-09-16
Summary:

Mr F. C. Lawes is present in Hongkong. He is taking serial cinema films of Y.M.C.A. activities in China, India and other parts of the east. He will proceed to Mesopotamia and Egypt to take cinema films of Army activities for the authorities.