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: 1925-07-09
Summary:

Cinema Operators – It was learned yesterday that the cinema operators of the Coronet and Star Theatres left work on Tuesday evening, after having informed the management of their intention. Filipino members of the staff were pressed into service and there was no hitch in the amusement programmes…

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1925-07-21
Summary:

Mr. A. M. Powell, after a visit to China and Japan this spring, writes to The Times blaming the cinematograph as the main cause of the present unrest. He says: The worst and cheapest sort of American films were everywhere shown, and the Chinese were taking to it like ducks to water, the result…

383
Newspaper Source: Hong Kong Telegraph
Publication Date: 1925-08-14
Summary:

The British film industry has seen its downfall in the past few years. Practical elimination of British pictures from the screen throughout the Empire and abroad has had a serious socio-political effect. By 1923, only one film in sixteen will be British. Generally, the Great War and America…

384
Newspaper Source: Hong Kong Telegraph
Publication Date: 1925-09-11
Summary:

Messrs. G. P. and H. A. Lammert, share and general brokers, as well as the World Theatre, are said to have filed their petitions in bankruptcy.

385
Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1925-09-14
Summary:

It is notified for general information that a memorial of re-entry by the Crown on Inland Lot No. 2323 (World Theatre) has been registered according to law.

386
Headline: The Star
Newspaper Source: Hong Kong Telegraph
Publication Date: 1925-12-15 - 1925-12-16
Summary:

Today and tomorrow only, William Fox presents 'It Is the Law,' from the stage play by Elmer L. Rice, based on the story by Hayden Talbot, a J. Gordon Edwards production. Illustration included.

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Headline: The Star
Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1925-12-15 - 1925-12-16
Summary:

Today and tomorrow, William Fox presents 'It Is the Law,' from the stage play by Elmer L. Rice, based on the story by Hayden Talbot, a J. Gordon Edwards production. Illustration included.