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: 1921-08-12 - 1921-08-16
Summary:

Grand reopening today with a Pathe special, 'A Woman of Pleasure,' featuring Blanche Sweet. Also latest Topical Budget. Come and see our S1000 screen in operation; come and hear the best orchestra in the colony; come to the only British House in Hongkong. August 15 & 16 Remarks:…

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Newspaper Source: Hong Kong Telegraph
Publication Date: 1921-08-13 - 1921-08-16
Summary:

Grand Reopening Today! The great British melodrama, 'A Woman of Pleasure' with Blanche Sweet in 7 reels and latest Topical Budget. August 15 & 16 Remarks: Inauguration of President Sun at 11, 12.35, 2.10, 3.45 and 7.15.

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1921-08-13 - 1921-08-13
Summary:

Grand reopening today, the great British melodrama, 'A Woman of Pleasure' with Blanche Sweet, seven stirring reels and the latest topical budget. Come and see our $1000 screen in operation; come and hear the best orchestra in the Colony; come to the only British house in Hongkong.

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1921-08-15 - 1921-08-16
Summary:

Grand reopening today, the great British melodrama, 'A Woman of Pleasure' with Blanche Sweet, seven stirring reels and the latest topical budget. Come and see our $1000 screen in operation; come and hear the best orchestra in the Colony; come to the only British house in Hongkong. Also…

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Headline: The Coronet
Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1921-11-23 - 1921-11-23
Summary:

See Blanche Sweet in 'That Girl Montana,' a Pathe special. Also showing Topical Budget, 'Where Is My Nightie?' and Pathe Colour. Music at 2.30, 5.15 and 9.15.

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Headline: The Coronet
Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1924-07-01 - 1924-07-01
Summary:

Today and tomorrow, 2 days only, Samuel Goldwyn presents Tom Moore in 'Officer 666,' the notable stage success by Augustin MacHugh and Winchell Smith, directed by Harry Beaumont. Also Baby Peggy in 'Such Is Life' and Topical Budget. Illustration included.

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1924-07-04
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Headline: The Coronet
Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1924-07-28 - 1924-07-30
Summary:

Today at 2.30, 5.15, 7.15 and 9.15 p.m., D. W. Griffith's 'Judith of Bethulia' with an all-star cast including Blanche Sweet, Mae Marsh, Lillian Gish, Dorothy Gish, Robert Harron, Henry B. Walthall and Kate Bruce. Also showing a Chinese educational film by B. A. T. Co., '…

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Headline: The Coronet
Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1924-07-28 - 1924-07-28
Summary:

Judith of Bethulia' is a very old picture, produced in the year 1913, when the film industry was still young. But it was a masterpiece, a sensation and the most spectacular film of its time. David Wark Griffith and it was played by a cast of the most famous and best-loved screen stars of…

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1925-03-03
Summary:

John Barrymore plays the title role in 'Beau Brummel,' the screen adaptation of the Clyde Fitch play, which starts a five days' run today at the Coronet Theatre. It is a Warner Brothers' Classic of the Screen with an unusual supporting cast, consisting of Mary Astor, Willard…

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Headline: The Coronet
Newspaper Source: Hong Kong Telegraph
Publication Date: 1925-03-04 - 1925-03-06
Summary:

Warner Bros. present John Barrymore in 'Beau Brummel' with Mary Astor, Carmel Myers, Irene Rich, Willard Louis, Alec Francis and Richard Tucker. Directed by Harry Beaumont, special arrangements with Mrs. Richard Mansfield, based upon the play by Clyde Fitch.

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1925-03-04 - 1925-03-07
Summary:

Today at 2.30, 5.10, 7.15 and 9.20 at usual prices, Warner Bros. present John Barrymore in 'Beau Brummel,' arrangement with Mrs. Richard Mansfield, based on the play by Clyde Fitch, with Mary Astor, Carmel Myers, Irene Rich, Willard Louis, Alec Francis and Richard Tucker, directed by…

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1925-03-04
Summary:

In 'Beau Brummel,' whose engagement began yesterday at the Coronet Theatre, England of the period lives vividly. Dorothy Farnum, the adapter, did a good piece of work in this picture. But then – so did everybody, including Mary Astor, Carmel Myers, Irene Rich, Alec B. Francis, Willard…

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1925-03-06
Summary:

John Barrymore, paragon of actors, graces the screen this week at the Coronet Theatre in the starring role of 'Beau Brummel.' Film synopsis included. The supporting cast consists of Mary Astor, Willard Louis, Irene Rich, Alec B. Francis, Carmel Meyers [sic], William Humphreys, Richard…