The Vitagraph Company of America is sending around the world a company of highly skilled cinematograph actors, and these are now staying in Hongkong. Mr. Maurice Costello stated that they would travel around the world, posing to the camera in various plays and taking their scene and background…
A report says that Max Linder has been killed at the Front, while fighting in the Belgian army. We believe the story is not official and we can only hope most fervently that it is untrue.
France had almost a monopoly in the film business through houses like Pathe and Gaumont; and, up till quite recently, the Italians, Belgians and French were the nations from which the most successful and popular film actors and actresses were taken. But now things must be altered. America was…
It is hoped that Miss Glory Taft will see her way to extending her engagement at the Bijou. The pictures this weekend include 'Uncle's Inheritance.'
The special Monday performance at the Victoria Theatre last night was, like its predecessors, an immense success, to which the presence of the Band of the 18th Infantry materially contributed. Many excellent comic films were shown, chief among which was a new Vitagraph three-part picture…
The entertainment at the Victoria Theatre last night was one of the best music-hall shown that have been seen here. The Venue Amateur Dramatic Society's performance was attractive. Mr. F. Hickman, Mr. P. Levers, Mr. L. Hatton, Messrs A. King and J. Gray, Mr. S. Martin, Mr. F. Waterman, Mr.…
The war is teaching us many things in regard to the value of the State control of various enterprises. It is hoped that the State cinema palace which is to be established in Cumberland will have a happy result, especially if it leads to a general control by the State of picture palaces.
The Home Secretary has decided temporarily to abandon the establishment of a central censorship for cinematograph films, though local authorities still possess the powers conferred on them by the Act of 1909. We have war on hand, all the energies of the Ministry and of the general public are…
Mr. Brodsky of the China Cinema Company, is passing through the Colony on the way to Peking, where he hopes to secure films of Chinese parliamentary life.
An excellent programme was provided at the Hongkong Theatre last night, including a new Wiffles picture which proved a magnificent laugh-producer. Tonight, the management is giving a special show on behalf of the Hong Kong Aeroplane Fund. The programme will include some unusually good films – a…
Captain Ash, the famous cowboy, who is giving a lasso display at the Victoria Theatre, is leaving on Saturday for Calcutta. He asks us to say how much he has appreciated Hong Kong's kindness to him and hopes one day to pay another visit to the Colony.
Five pretty screen actresses who each hope to succeed to the crown worn at present by Mary Pickford. Photo included.
The newest organisation to enter the field of film production is the James B. Leong Productions, Inc., with offices at 1240 Maral Strong Bldg, Los Angeles, California, which was incorporated under the laws of State of California, 27th October 1919, with James B. Leong, President and General…
We hear for some time past endeavours have been made by the proprietor of the Blue Bird Candy Store to secure that vacant plot of ground formerly occupied by the Victoria Theatre for the purpose of erecting a dancing cabaret on the American model. That such an enterprise will be popular as well…
Blanche Sweet appears at the Coronet Theatre today and for four days in her newest Jesse D. Hampton-Pathe feature, 'The Deadlier Sex.' Miss Sweet is given excellent support by Mahlon Hamilton as the man who wanted nothing that money could buy; Winter Hall her father; Russell Simpson as…
A beautiful and attractive drama, 'The Girl in the Web,' will be screened from tomorrow till Tuesday at the Hongkong Theatre. 'Miss Maitland, Private Secretary' by Geraldine Bonner, is the story from which 'The Girl in the Web' was taken. It introduces Miss Sweet in…
The Coronet Theatre, 'the little house which shows the big picture,' which has been undergoing an extensive renovation, reopens on Saturday for four days with 'A Woman of Pleasure,' a seven-part melodrama filmed by Jesse D. Hampton for Pathe. The story was written by James…
In 'A Broadway Cowboy' the Jesse D. Hampton-Pathe feature at the Kowloon Theatre today, William Desmond portrays a young tenderfoot actor who suddenly finds himself the central figure in a lot of hair-raising, uncomfortable and highly amusing adventures in Montana and all for the love…
Today at 5.15 p.m. and 9.15 p.m., Dorothy Gish in 'The Hope Chest.' At 2.30 and 7.15 p.m. performances, Ben Wilson & Neva Gerber in 'Branded Four,' episodes 8 and 9. Usual prices. Booking at the Theatre.
World Theatre is going to screen 'When We Were Twenty-one,' starring H.B. Warner, on Friday. The photoplay is directed by Henry King and is produced by Jesse D. Hampton for Pathe distribution. The cast also includes James W. Morrison, Claire Anderson, Christine Mayo, Minna Grey and…