A History Of Film Exhibition And Reception In Colonial Hong Kong: 1897 To 1925
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Headline: Intolerance
Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1919-08-02
Summary:

To the Editor S. C. M. Post – The writer thought the price of a seat in a cinema, was a luxury (and it certainly is in this Colony). At Blackpool, a velvet seat in a very up-to-date, elegant and comfortable picture house at the modest charge of six pence plus one penny war tax for '…

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Headline: An Explanation
Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1919-08-04
Summary:

To the Editor S. C. M. Post – The writer believed that the complaint about 'Intolerable' is hardly fair concerning the prices of admission to see the picture. 'Intolerance' is the most expensive picture ever brought out to the Far East, but believing that the foreign…

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1921-10-11
Summary:

William Hart forsakes the Western plains in his latest Artcraft picture 'Branding Broadway,' which the Coronet is showing tonight. The story was prepared for him by C. G. Sullivan, and Seena Owen is a charming waitress. Miss Owen was last in Hongkong as the beloved princess in '…

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Headline: Films Out East
Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1922-11-30
Summary:

To the Editor S. C. M. Post – Mr. Ray's reply on the 'Films Out East' article. He has an opposite view. About China as a dumping ground for junk films. He hardly thinks Paramount, Realart, and Fox productions are to be classed in that category. He mentioned that the Coronet showed…

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Newspaper Source: The China Mail
Publication Date: 1923-06-29
Summary:

In response to numerous requests, Mr. Ray of the Coronet has been decided to screen 'The Four Horsemen' today for one last time. It is a masterpiece and ranks with such pictures as 'Intolerance'

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1923-06-29
Summary:

Today is the last chance residents will get of seeing the screening of the wonderful masterpiece, 'The Four Horsemen,' in Hongkong. Mr. Ray has decided to show the film again. It is a film that will live, and there are some who even prefer it to 'Intolerance.' 'The Four…

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Newspaper Source: The China Mail
Publication Date: 1923-09-13 - 1923-09-18
Summary:

H. B. Warner in 'Haunting Shadows.' September 17 & 18 Remarks: Plot included.

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1923-09-15 - 1923-09-15
Summary:

See H. B. Warner in the great mystery picture, 'Haunting Shadows.'

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Newspaper Source: Hong Kong Telegraph
Publication Date: 1923-09-17 - 1923-09-18
Summary:

Mon. 17th & Tue 18th Sept. at 5.15 & 9.15 p.m., H. B. Warner in 'Haunting Shadows.' Usual prices. Booking at the Theatre. September 17-18 Remarks: Another ad. on page 4. Film plot included.

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1923-09-17 - 1923-09-18
Summary:

Monday 17th and Tuesday 18th September at 5.15 and 9.15 p.m., Robertson-Cole presents H. B. Warner in 'Haunting Shadows.' Usual prices. Booking at the theatre.

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1923-09-17 - 1923-09-17
Summary:

See H. B. Warner's 'Haunting Shadows.'

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Newspaper Source: The China Mail
Publication Date: 1923-09-17
Summary:

Haunting Shadows,' starring H. B. Warner, the Robertson-Cole star, is opened at the World Theatre yesterday. The film is based on 'The House of a Thousand Candles,' written by Meredith M. Nicholson. Film plot included.

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1923-09-17
Summary:

In 'Haunting Shadows,' which opened yesterday at the World Theatre for a stay of three days, one may recognise 'The House of a Thousand Candles' one of the famous novels of recent years. This Meredith Nicholson story has been made a most melodramatic picture. H.B. Warner…

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Newspaper Source: The China Mail
Publication Date: 1923-09-17 - 1923-09-18
Summary:

Monday 17th and Tuesday 18th September at 5.15 p.m. and 9.15 p.m., Robertson-Cole presents H. B. Warner in 'Haunting Shadows.' Usual prices. Booking at the Theatre.

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1923-09-18 - 1923-09-18
Summary:

See H. B. Warner in 'Haunting Shadows.'

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Newspaper Source: Hong Kong Telegraph
Publication Date: 1923-09-18
Summary:

World Theatre is going to screen the film version of Meredith Nicholson's famous best-seller 'The House of a Thousand Candles,' entitled 'Haunting Shadows,' featuring H. B. Warner. A real example of Tudor architecture was used to show the interior and exterior of the…

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Headline: Cinema Prices
Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1923-10-19
Summary:

(To the Editor, S. C. M. Post) I feel bound to reply to Unklutch's latest sneer at 'so-called super-productions.' The pictures for which the Coronet increased prices during the past twelve months were: 'Way Down East,' 'The Three Musketeers,' 'Intolerance…

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Headline: The Coronet
Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1924-01-11 - 1924-01-11
Summary:

Hongkong cinemagoers have chosen two Griffith production as being the best pictures the movie industry has mode. They will add one more when they have seen 'The Birth of a Nation.' Its cast includes Lillian Gish, Mae Marsh, Miriam Cooper, H. B. Walthall, Robert Harron, Wallace Reid and…

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1925-12-29
Summary:

(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.…