The pulchritude of the Ziegfeld 'Follies' girls has won for many of them lucrative offers in motion pictures. The world-famous beauty chorus as a whole appears in a cinema production for the first time in 'The Great White Way,' a picturization of H. C. Witwer's story,…
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.
Ever since I started in the moving picture business, it has been my policy to take my patrons into my confidence and I have found that it has paid to do so! I now wish to say a few words with regards to big pictures at the Queen's. This weekend I am showing my first really expensive…
Before Mr. S. B. B. McElderry at the Central Magistracy yesterday, two Chinese constables were charged on remand with assaulting a ticket collector, of the Western Theatre, Third Street. Mr. K. K. Lo appeared for the prosecution and Mr. C. A. S. Ross represented the two defendants. After hearing…
Queen's Theatre is screening the great Chaplin film 'The Gold Rush.' The film has got widespread publicity from London press. Mr. H. W. Ray secured the picture for Hongkong.
A society has just been formed which will ensure screening of films with certain aesthetic standards. Among its members are Mr. Roger Fry, Mr. Maynard Keynes, Mr. Bernard Shaw, and Mr. H. G. Wells. Sunday afternoon performances will be given at the Tivoli of pictures with pretensions to…
Today and tomorrow at 5.30 and 9.15, Saturday at 5.30 only, 'Dangerous Innocence' featuring Eugene O'Brien and Laura La Plante from the story by Pamela Wynne, directed by W. A. Seiter, a Universal-Jewel production. Illustration included.
Today and tomorrow at 5.30 and 9.15, Saturday at 5.30 only, 'Dangerous Innocence,' featuring Eugene O'Brien and Laura La Plante, from the novel by Pamela Wynne, directed by Wm. Seiter, a Universal-Jewel picture. Illustration included.
Today only at 2.30, 5.15, 7.15 and 9.15 p.m., John Barrymore in his supreme screen creation of Sir A. Conan Doyle's immortal 'Sherlock Holmes.' Starting tomorrow, a play that turns marriage inside out, Warner Bros. classic of the screen, 'Her Marriage Vow,' directed by…
Presiding over the Bankruptcy Court on Saturday, the Chief Justice, Sir Henry Gollan, expressed surprise that a cinema theatre should go bankrupt in these times. Included in the list of cases was an application for an order for adjudication in respect of the World Theatre. Mr. A. Dyer Ball, the…
Today and tomorrow, Marjorie Daw and H. B. Walthall in Peter B. Kyne's famous story of youthful love and desert gold, 'The Long Chance.' Also Mermaid comedy, Inkwell cartoon and our own Topical.
Today and tomorrow, Marjorie Daw and H. B. Walthall in Peter B. Kyne's famous story of youthful love and desert gold. 'The Long Chance.' Also Mermaid Comedy, Inkwell Cartoon and our own Topical.
Today and tomorrow, Marjorie Daw and H. B. Walthall in Peter B. Kyne's famous story, 'The Long Chance.' Also Mermaid Comedy, Inkwell Cartoon and our own Topical.
Thursday to Saturday, 'Galloping Fish' produced by Thomas H. Ince. Illustration included.
Thursday to Saturday, 'Galloping Fish' of which Thos. H. Ince, producer of this and 'The Hottentot,' says: 'I am sure that ‘Galloping Fish' is the greatest comedy special ever made.' Illustration included.
Mr. A. Stock presents Ruth St. Denis, Ted Shawn and the Bennisshawan dancers. One night only, Tuesday, December 1st, 9.30 p.m. Price: $5, $3 reserved and $2 unreserved. Booking at Moutrie's.
Mr. A. Strok presents Ruth St. Denis, Ted Shawn and the Dennisshawn dancers. One night only, Tuesday, December 1st, 9.30 p.m. Prices: $5, $3 reserved and $2 unreserved. (Soldiers and sailors in uniform half price to $2 seats.) Booking at Moutrie's.
The picture which is now being shown at the Queen's Theatre is perhaps the most historically correct in costuming that Hongkong has yet seen. Rafael Sabatini's story Captain Blood, is of the good days of buccaneers on the Spanish Main. Warren Kerrigan has a part which fits him well.…
When charged before Mr. E. W. Hamilton, at the Kowloon Magistracy yesterday, with breach of his contract made with Mr. E. H. Gifford, proprietor of the Po Hing Theatre, a Chinese bandmaster pleaded guilty and consented to sign a further agreement to continue in the complainant's employ till…
(By H. W. R. to the S. C. M. Post) When the time comes to write the story of the rise of the moving picture there will, I believe, be found two names that will 'lead the rest;' those of Charles Chaplin and D. W. Griffith. David Wark Griffith has been called the Dickens of the screen.…