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: 1919-06-10 - 1919-06-12
Summary:

Tonight at 5.15 and 9.15 p.m., Lillian Gish in 'Sold for Marriage.' Also 'Dirty Work in a Laundry,' British Gazette Nos. 528-9. The Coronet has now installed four extra exhaust fans which means that the air is completely renewed every five minutes. Booking at Robinson's…

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Newspaper Source: The China Mail
Publication Date: 1919-06-10 - 1919-06-12
Summary:

Tonight at 5.15 and 9.15 p.m., Lilian [sic] Gish in 'Sold for Marriage.' Also 'Dirty Work in a Laundry' and British Gazette No. 528-9. The Coronet has now installed four extra exhaust fans which means that the air is completely renewed every five minutes. Booking at Robinson…

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Headline: The Coronet
Newspaper Source: Hong Kong Telegraph
Publication Date: 1919-07-30 - 1919-07-31
Summary:

F. Marshall Sanderson will present on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. D. W. Griffith's colossal spectacle 'Intolerance'. The picture that has all the stars: Lillian Gish, Constance Talmadge, Bessie Love, Miriam Cooper and Elmo Lincoln (Tarzan). Sir Herbert Tree - Douglas Fairbanks -…

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Newspaper Source: Hong Kong Telegraph
Publication Date: 1919-07-30
Summary:

See D. W. Griffith's 'Intolerance' when it opens at the Coronet Theatre on Friday evening next, if you would be amazed and thrilled and fascinated by what has been called the most novel, stupendous and magnificent stage work the world has ever known. One performance will be given…

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Newspaper Source: The China Mail
Publication Date: 1919-07-30 - 1919-08-04
Summary:

By special arrangement with the Coronet, F. Marshall Sanderson will present on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, August 1, 2 and 3, at 9.15 p.m. only, D. W. Griffith's colossal spectacle 'Intolerance,' the picture that has all the stars: Lillian Gish, Constance Talmadge, Bessie Love,…

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Newspaper Source: Hong Kong Telegraph
Publication Date: 1920-04-26 - 1920-04-29
Summary:

The Great Love,' the play that ends a woman's 'No.' David Wark Griffith's splendid tribute to British Womanhood! April 26-27 remarks: Lillian Gish and Bobby [sic] Harron in 'The Great Love.' April 28 remarks: Pathe news, 'Going? Going? Gone' and Rolin…

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Headline: The Coronet
Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1920-04-26 - 1920-04-26
Summary:

On Broadway, a line three blocks long waited at the strand theatre to see D. W. Griffith's 'The Great Love,' Artcraft Pictures. David Wark Griffith, producer of 'The Birth of a Nation,' 'Intolerance,' 'Hearts of the World' and 'Broken Blossoms…

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Newspaper Source: The China Mail
Publication Date: 1920-04-27 - 1920-04-29
Summary:

Tonight at 5.15, 7.15 and 9.15 p.m., the fifth big picture, D. W. Griffith presents Lilian [sic] Gish and Bobby [sic] Harron in 'The Great Love.' Ordinary prices.

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Headline: The Coronet
Newspaper Source: Hong Kong Telegraph
Publication Date: 1920-05-08 - 1920-05-10
Summary:

Tonight, overture, Pathe's British Gazette No. 625 (To Australia by Air - Unique photographs, 'Lonesome Luke Bartender' (Rolin Comedy), Lilian [sic] Gish in 'Daphne and the Pirate' in 5 parts, now re-issued by Triangle. Film plot included. At 7.15 p.m., 'Elmo the…

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1920-05-08 - 1920-05-08
Summary:

Sing hey for the days of the bold Buccaneer! H. W. Ray announces the re-issue of a famous Triangle play, 'Daphne and the Pirate' featuring Lillian Gish and Elliott Dexter, a realistic picture of France under Louis Quinze, of the slave market of New Orleans, and of the Black Flag on the…

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Headline: The Coronet
Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1920-05-08 - 1920-05-10
Summary:

Tonight at 5.15 and 9.15 p.m., 1. overture, Coronet orchestra; 2. Pathe's British Gazette No. 625; 3. 'Lonesome Luke, Bartender,' Rolin comedy; 4. Lillian Gish in 'Daphne and the Pirate' in 5 parts. Today at 2.30 p.m., tonight at 7.15 p.m., 'Elmo the Mighty'…

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Headline: The Coronet
Newspaper Source: The China Mail
Publication Date: 1920-05-08 - 1920-05-10
Summary:

Tonight at 5.15 and 9.15 p.m., overture: Coronet orchestra; Pathe's British Gazette No. 625; Lonesome Luke, Bartender (Rolin Comedy) and Lillian Gish in Triangle's 'Daphne and the Pirate' in 5 parts. Today at 2.30 p.m., tonight at 7.15 p.m., 'Elmo, the Mighty'…

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1921-02-26
Summary:

Edgar Lewis is an apostle of the outdoor picture, and he believes that it is the motion picture that can and should bring the great outdoors to the city-bound. He has produced a number of outdoor pictures, and the latest one is 'Sherry.' 'Sherry' is a photodramatization of a…

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Headline: The Coronet
Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1921-09-08 - 1921-09-08
Summary:

Thursday to Sunday, Tom Terriss production, 'Trumpet Island,' adapted and edited by Lillian and George Randolph Chester, from the story by Gouverneur Morris. Illustration included.

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1921-09-09
Summary:

The Coronet people describe 'Trumpet Island' as 'a thrilling melodrama,' a story by such a gifted as Gouverneur Morris, adapted by George Randolph Chester and Mrs. Chester. The Pathe pictures are particularly good. Film synopsis included.

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1921-12-23
Summary:

Early American history is presented on the screen in Maurice Tourneur's 'The Last of the Mohicans,' which is now available at the Coronet Theatre. Wallace Beery, Albert Roscoe, Joseph Singleton, Barbara Bedford, Lillian Hall and Henry Woodward, will appear in the film. Film…

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1922-02-01
Summary:

The Pathe feature 'Dice of Destiny,' starring H. B. Warner, Howard Davies and Lillian Rich, is now being screened at the Coronet Theatre. Moreover, Mr. Davies made his first theatrical venture with Wilson Barrett in a revival of 'Lights of London.'

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1922-04-21
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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1922-04-22 - 1922-04-22
Summary:

A sensational drama, 'Half a Chance' with Mahlon Hamilton and Lillian Rich, from the novel by Frederic S. Isham. Illustration included.

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1922-04-22
Summary:

Half a Chance,' a Pathe production based on the popular novel of the same, will be shown at the Coronet Theatre this evening. The principal roles are taken by Mahlon Hamilton and Lillian Rich. Film synopsis included.