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: 1909-05-29
Summary:

At the Magistracy, a Chinese was charged with uttering a forged $5 bank note. On the 17th, the defendant went to the Hongkong Cinematograph and asked for five second class tickets, and tendered a forged $5 note.

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Headline: Cinema Roughs
Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1921-05-09
Summary:

On Saturday, a Chinese was charged at the Magistracy with assaulting one of the employees of the Tai Yat cinema at Yaumati. Mr. Ray, Manager of Hongkong Amusements Ld. said he had experienced great difficulty in checking the instruction of people without tickets in the Tai Yat Cinema.

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1921-05-23
Summary:

One of the novelties in the bill of vaudeville presented at the Hongkong Theatre will be the performance of Daisy Harcourt. She looks not unlike Toby Claude, but it is believed that there is much more individuality in her work. Besides, a drama in six parts 'The Outcast of Poker Flat,…

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1921-08-19
Summary:

Before Mr. R. E. Lindsell at the Magistracy yesterday afternoon, Li Shing was charged with breaking into the Tai Yat Cinema Theatre in Yaumati with intent to commit a felony on the morning of the 14th. The defendant was formerly employed as a cinema operator by the Hongkong Amusements, Ld. [sic…

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1921-08-23
Summary:

At the Magistracy yesterday the hearing was resumed of the case in which Li Shing, formerly in the employ of the Hongkong Amusements, Ld., as an operator, was charged with breaking into and entering Tai Yat Kinema theatre in Yaumati with intent to commit a burglary.