A letter was read at the meeting of the Sanitary Board yesterday from the Colonial Secretary relative to the closing of Chinese Theatres. The letter stated that His Excellency hoped that on further consideration the Board would agree that in time of epidemic it was not well, if it could be…
At the meeting of Sanitary Board yesterday afternoon the following letter was read from the Colonial Secretary, the Hon. F. H. May, was regard to the closing of Chinese theatres. The letter stated that persons attending the theatres would probably be less crowded together than if they remained…
A meeting of the Legislative Council was held in the Council Chamber yesterday. Protecting the Public: The Bill to regulate Theatres was also read a second and third time and passed. From time to time the public had been shocked by some terrible catastrophe which had occurred in some parts of…
Cinematograph Displays: The Attorney General moved the first reading of a bill to amend the Theatres and Public Performances Regulation Ordinance, 1908. This bill is directed to placing cinematograph displays under the censorship of the Registrar General. The precaution is now deemed desirable…
Many in Hongkong largely depend for their evening's amusement on the cinematograph shows and the following facts regarding the arrangements made for dealing with the photographic work in connection with the British Antarctic Expedition will be read with interest. There is the most wonderful…
The Attorney General moved the second reading of the Bill to amend the Theatres and Public Performances Regulation Ordinance, 1908. The Attorney General said it has been thought desirable to place cinematograph exhibitions under the censorship of the Registrar General. There were reasons which…
Victoria Theatre: Amongst the many new films at the Victoria Theatre is that of Pathe's Animated Gazette showing pictures of world-wide events. It is a really interesting film and illustrates at a glance what would take a considerable time to read. Miss Daisy Lundy maintains her reputation…
When Messrs Ramos and Ramos contemplated building the popular picture palace, the Victoria Theatre, it was thought that the building to be erected would have ample accommodation for some years to come. Certainly on benefit nights, matinees and at many other times the accommodation is wholly…
Authors may write books but they do not necessarily have a good result. The reward of writers is very meagre. Mr. J. E. P. Muddock believes the free libraries are the ones to blame. The change, in so far as the reading of stirring romance was concerned, he attributed mainly to the cinematograph…
There is a joint celebration on the Shakespeare Commemoration by the Shakespeare Reading Society and the London Shakespeare League. Dr. William Martin lectured at King's College on 'The Cinema in its relation to the Drama.' Dr. Martin said the cinema is less suitable than a…
Buffalo Bill's Wild West' and 'Pawnee Bill's Far East,' duly catalogued and advertised for sale, has been publicly auctioned. The two Bills have two enterprises and made money while the sun shone. Their chief mistake was their failure to read the signs of the times…
Cinematograph pictures are being used to help Mrs. John D. Rockefeller to learn the art of lip reading, as she is gradually becoming deaf. Specially prepared pictures are thrown on a screen in her home.
A Dead Man's Child...6000 feet,' reads a cinematograph poster. It must have been a multiple centipedes.
The Conquering Spirit: The married officers spend much of their time reading to their men, teaching them, taking them to Cinemagraphs where there are films of educational value, and generally doing what they can for their welfare.
Despite the educational value of the cinema, it left a great scope to the imagination of the spectator, so that the sympathies of youngsters are likely to be won by the handsome desperado. It is likely that the cinema links with music and lip reading.
Film screening of 'Lion-Tamer's Revenge' (3 parts); Screening of Gaumont War Graphic; Coming Benefit Night in aid of The British Read Cross Fund
Film screening of 'Lion-Tamer's Revenge' (3 parts); Screening of Gaumont War Graphic; Coming Benefit Night in aid of The British Read Cross Fund
Army of Great Britain started out small. Factory workers, clerks, shop assistants and tram conductors became warriors and British people may be proud of their army in France. Not far from where German shells fell, British soldiers find fun in everything. On the poster of a cinema performance…
Facts regarding the reading of the English wounded are furnished by the 'Manchester Guardian' with source of Miss Beatrice Harraden. 'The Last Days of Pompeii' was in favour, in fact many men had seen the story at the cinema theatre.
Lilian Read, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. Parker Read, Jr., had a contract with Thomas H. Ince for twenty years. In Mr. Ince's motion picture spectacle 'Civilization,' now being shown at the Criterion Theatre, she did such clever work that he decided to make her a star.…