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: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1923-04-19
Summary:

Uncharted Channels,' in which H. B. Warner takes the principal role, will be the main attraction at the Star Theatre for a run of three days. Film plot included.

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Newspaper Source: Hong Kong Telegraph
Publication Date: 1923-04-26 - 1923-04-26
Summary:

The Coronet: At 2.30, 5.15, 7.15 and 9.15, Douglas Fairbanks in 'The Nut.' The Star: 5.30 and 9.15, H. B. Warner in 'Uncharted Channels,' and 'Tutankhamen's Tomb' [sic].

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1923-04-26 - 1923-04-26
Summary:

The Coronet: 2.30, 5.15, 7.15 and 9.15, Douglas Fairbanks in 'The Nut.' The Star: 5.30 and 9.15, H. B. Warner in 'Uncharted Channels' and 'Tutankhamen's Tomb.'

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1923-04-26 - 1923-04-26
Summary:

See H. B. Warner in 'Uncharted Channels.' See also Tutankhamen's Tomb' in the Topical Budget.

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Newspaper Source: The China Mail
Publication Date: 1923-04-26 - 1923-04-26
Summary:

The Coronet: at 2.30, 5.15, 7.15 and 9.15, Douglas Fairbanks in 'The Nut.' The Star: 5.30 and 9.15, H. B. Warner in 'Uncharted Channels' and Tutankhamen's Tomb.

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Headline: The Star
Newspaper Source: Hong Kong Telegraph
Publication Date: 1923-04-27 - 1923-04-28
Summary:

Tonight & tomorrow, H. B. Warner in 'Uncharted Channels,' and 'Tutankhamen's Tomb' [sic] in the Topical Budget.

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Headline: The Star
Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1923-04-27 - 1923-04-28
Summary:

Tonight and tomorrow at 5.30 and 9.15, H. B. Warner in 'Uncharted Channels.' Also 'Tutankhamen's Tomb' in the Topical Budget.

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1923-04-27
Summary:

H. B. Warner displays his engaging versatility to a decided advantage in 'Uncharted Channels' which heads the current programme at the Star Theatre. Mr. Warner is supported by Kathryn Adams. Film plot included. A Topical Budget containing pictures of Tutankhamen's tomb is another…

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Newspaper Source: Hong Kong Telegraph
Publication Date: 1923-04-27
Summary:

The delightfully original film 'Uncharted Channels' is being shown at the Star Theatre, Kowloon, this week. H. B. Warner, whose roles have become famous as 'dress suit parts,' is seen in the garb of a working man in it. Film synopsis included.

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Headline: The Star
Newspaper Source: The China Mail
Publication Date: 1923-04-27 - 1923-04-28
Summary:

Tonight and tomorrow at 5.30 and 9.15, H. B. Warner in 'Uncharted Channels' and Tutankhamen's Tomb in the Topical Budget.

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1923-04-28
Summary:

Uncharted Channels,' the Robertson-Cole production, featuring H. B. Warner, which is the current attraction at the Star Theatre. Mr Warner is supported by Kathryn Adams. Film plot included.

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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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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.…