A History Of Film Exhibition And Reception In Colonial Hong Kong: 1897 To 1925
Displaying 941 - 954 of 954
941
Headline: The Star
Newspaper Source: Hong Kong Telegraph
Publication Date: 1925-07-30 - 1925-08-01
Summary:

Thursday to Saturday, July 30 to August 1, House Peters with Patsy Ruth Miller in 'Head Winds' from novel by A. M. Sinclair Wilt, directed by Herbert Blache.

942
Headline: The Star
Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1925-07-30 - 1925-08-01
Summary:

Thursday to Saturday, July 30 to August 1, House Peters with Patsy Ruth Miller and a brilliant cast in 'Head Winds,' from the Saturday Evening Post story and novel by A. M. Sinclair Wilt, directed by Herbert Blache.

943
Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1925-08-01
Summary:

Talking films are the latest attraction promised at the new Wembley Exhibition. This is the first presentation of such films in this country. They are being shown in one of the Conference Halls, where they are being presented by Mr. R. B. Salisbury, in association with Messrs. de Forest…

944
Newspaper Source: Hong Kong Telegraph
Publication Date: 1925-09-11
Summary:

Messrs. G. P. and H. A. Lammert, share and general brokers, as well as the World Theatre, are said to have filed their petitions in bankruptcy.

945
Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1925-10-14
Summary:

Before Mr. S. B. B. McElderry at the Central Magistracy yesterday, two Chinese constables were charged on remand with assaulting a ticket collector, of the Western Theatre, Third Street. Mr. K. K. Lo appeared for the prosecution and Mr. C. A. S. Ross represented the two defendants. After hearing…

946
Headline: The Star
Newspaper Source: Hong Kong Telegraph
Publication Date: 1925-11-05 - 1925-11-07
Summary:

Today and tomorrow at 5.30 and 9.15, Saturday at 5.30 only, 'Dangerous Innocence' featuring Eugene O'Brien and Laura La Plante from the story by Pamela Wynne, directed by W. A. Seiter, a Universal-Jewel production. Illustration included.

947
Headline: The Star
Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1925-11-05 - 1925-11-07
Summary:

Today and tomorrow at 5.30 and 9.15, Saturday at 5.30 only, 'Dangerous Innocence,' featuring Eugene O'Brien and Laura La Plante, from the novel by Pamela Wynne, directed by Wm. Seiter, a Universal-Jewel picture. Illustration included.

948
Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1925-11-11 - 1925-11-13
Summary:

If you have anything you would like to sell, exchange or advertise, send it to the China Auction Rooms. Telephone: Central 4453. E. V. M. R. De Sousa, Auctioneer. Public auction. The undersigned has received instructions to sell by public auction, for account of the concerned, on Friday, the…

949
Headline: The Queen's
Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1925-11-16 - 1925-11-16
Summary:

Today only at 2.30, 5.15, 7.15 and 9.15 p.m., John Barrymore in his supreme screen creation of Sir A. Conan Doyle's immortal 'Sherlock Holmes.' Starting tomorrow, a play that turns marriage inside out, Warner Bros. classic of the screen, 'Her Marriage Vow,' directed by…

950
Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1925-11-16
Summary:

Presiding over the Bankruptcy Court on Saturday, the Chief Justice, Sir Henry Gollan, expressed surprise that a cinema theatre should go bankrupt in these times. Included in the list of cases was an application for an order for adjudication in respect of the World Theatre. Mr. A. Dyer Ball, the…

951
Headline: Queen's Theatre
Newspaper Source: Hong Kong Telegraph
Publication Date: 1925-11-27 - 1925-12-01
Summary:

Mr. A. Stock presents Ruth St. Denis, Ted Shawn and the Bennisshawan dancers. One night only, Tuesday, December 1st, 9.30 p.m. Price: $5, $3 reserved and $2 unreserved. Booking at Moutrie's.

952
Headline: Queen's Theatre
Newspaper Source: The China Mail
Publication Date: 1925-11-27 - 1925-11-28
Summary:

Mr. A. Strok presents Ruth St. Denis, Ted Shawn and the Dennisshawn dancers. One night only, Tuesday, December 1st, 9.30 p.m. Prices: $5, $3 reserved and $2 unreserved. (Soldiers and sailors in uniform half price to $2 seats.) Booking at Moutrie's.

953
Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1925-12-17
Summary:

The picture which is now being shown at the Queen's Theatre is perhaps the most historically correct in costuming that Hongkong has yet seen. Rafael Sabatini's story Captain Blood, is of the good days of buccaneers on the Spanish Main. Warren Kerrigan has a part which fits him well.…

954
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.…