Much interest has been aroused over a film of Mr. Lloyd George's life, which is just being completed. The story was written by Sir Sidney Low, lecturer on Imperial and Colonial history, King's College, University of London, and made into a film by the well-known producer, Mr. Maurice…

A rare example of a maker of fun Larry Semon at his best is now showing at the Coronet Theatre in 'The Rent Collector.' Film synopsis included.

The announcement that a film of the battle of Jutland is in process of being made opens up wide possibilities. If the film is like what its producers, Ideal Films, Ltd., claim it to be, it should have a great educational value when shown in ships and barracks. The story of the battle is being…

Pinang Gazette' established a local company which will be known as 'Middle East Films, Ltd.', with a capital, already fully subscribed, of $375,000. The main objects of the company are the buying in New York and London of first-class photo-plays and the hiring of same to…

Special pictures of the Hong Kong Races were screened at the premises of the Variety Film Exchange Company, Kowloon, yesterday afternoon, for a Government House party. Lady May, the Misses May, Captain Connolly, Mr. T.F. Hough and other ladies and gentlemen were present. Other films were…

A Temperamental Wife,' featuring Constance Talmadge, which is the current attraction at the Coronet, is an excellent example of how a very trivial and inconsequential story can be successfully translated into entertaining light comedy by good direction, careful scenario work and the…

A Temperamental Wife' now showing at Coronet Theatre, starring Miss Constance Talmadge. The programme is supplemented by a clever Snub Pollard comedy 'Raise the Rent.'

A fire broke out at the Beaconsfield Arcade in Queen's Road, just opposite the City Hall and the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank. The fire seems to have broken out in a cinema-film exchange, known variously as the Wing Yik Film Company and A Hon's Continental Film Exchange. It is difficult…

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A war film budget is to be issued twice weekly by the War Office Cinematograph Committee, which has taken over the Topical Film Company for this purpose for the period of the war. Arrangements have been made to include pictures from the British fronts in France and elsewhere, and some of the…

Tonight till Saturday at 2.30, 5.15 and 9.15 p.m., Frank Keenan in 'Smouldering Embers.' Also Larry Semon in 'The Rent Collector.' Illustration included.

A cinematograph adaptation of Tom Gallon's novel, 'The Lackey and the Lady,' and an announcement made regarding it at a 'trade' show on March 6 last year, were the subjects of an action for damages for slander brought by Mr. Thomas Bentley, film producer, against Mr.…

Notice that The Variety Film Exchange Company Incorporated has been purchased and taken over by The China Cinema Company, Limited, who will in future carry on the business

The American Amusement and Film Company is in a state of great perturbation, and have lost upwards of $8000 worth of cinematograph material. Mr. J. R. Armstrong and David Benjamin had come to Shanghai and started the concern. When Armstrong went to the office on the 4th, he found that every…

The film portraying the life story of Mr. Lloyd George introduces a new phase in the cinema. The producers consider that the history symbolizes the spirit of the Allies. It was expected that the film would be completed in October.

The Star will show pictures of the Japanese Earthquake taken by a Japanese Company tonight. The film shows Tokyo and Yokohama both before and after the calamity, and the magnitude of the damage. The Italian Grand Opera Company opens a short engagement on Saturday. Music-lovers will be glad to…

The Middle East Films, Ltd., is about to commence business in Hongkong at 16 Queen's Road, Central, where the company opens office on 1st Sep. It mentioned the efforts of the company to popularise British film art and noted William Fox productions being under the control of that company.…

Mr. Justine Lust recently gave judgment for the defendant, with costs, in the action by the British Actors' Film Company, against Mr. James Glover, the well-known musical director, in respect of the right to film the light opera, 'Les Cloches de Corneville.' The film company…