Hong Kong is threatened with a music hall of a pronounced type. These reports are to the effect that Mr. Louis Levy of Manila, has secured permission to open a vaudeville theatre in Hong Kong. We are aware of the fact that Mr. Levy was here a short while ago for the purpose of looking into the…
It is a poem about the moving picture man by St. Louis Times.
Louis Rohmeyer, who was walking around the world for a wager, was stolen $10. The criminal was brought into court by Sergeant Pitt and was sentenced one month's hard labour and 4 hours ' stocks. The 'pedestrian' stated in evidence that he engaged the defendant to convey him…
Performance by Louis. T. Slicker; Screening of War Pictures, also other comic, dramatic and scenic pictures; Coming performance by Miss May Clarke
Performance by Louis. T. Slicker; Screening of War Pictures, also other comic, dramatic and scenic pictures; Coming performance by Miss May Clarke
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.…
It is not understandable that presentation of nasty and sordid things in films is not censored. Approval should be granted before each film was displayed. 'N. C. D. News'
The latest scheme is to convert the Empire Theatre, Pavilion and its subsidiary enterprises into a Limited Liability Company, says the 'N. C. D. Mail.' Many are interested in the scheme as it aims at controlling the Cinema business in North China.
A Gazette Extraordinary issued the Chinese and Malaya Theatres and the Cinemagraphs will be closed. The Bishop of Labuan and Sarawak arrived from Bangkok. Mr S. H. Langston, Mr G. N. Saye and Mr J. Crabb Watt are down with influenza.
During the opium destruction in Shanghai, the only thing in the nature of ceremony was that Mr. Chang Yi-pang, Mr. Sammons and Mr. Wade threw the first balls into the flames, while a number of cinematograph operators, and photographers took pictures. – 'N. C. D. News'
Detailed accounts of the receipts and expenditures of the American Young Men's Christian Association National War Work Council. The magnitude of the work accomplished by the Y.M.C.A. has hardly been appreciated by the public. Concerts, vaudeville, motion pictures, athletics, both in the…
The beginning of the winter finds the British film in a much stronger position. The article included opinions from Mr. William A. Brady and also talked about the British productions. One of the most important development is the formation of the Alliance Company, which has purchased probably the…
You may know him as the writer of 'Lord John's Journal,' edited by L. N. and A. M. Williamson. He is an amateur detective and believe us, he is some sleuth. The Coronet have secured some pictures with this versatile Briton in the principal role and will present the first tonight…
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…
The principal item of the Coronet programme is 'Daphne and the Pirate,' a costume play dealing with the times of Louis XV of France. Lilian Gish plays the heroine. Film plot included. Other interesting items in the programme are an excellent Pathe Gazette, in which showing Captain Ross…
Mr. N. L. Smith (Magistrate) yesterday discharged the manager of the Wo Ping Chinese Theatre who was charged with issuing indecent advertisements of pills for the cure of women's ailments, because defendant's solicitor proved that his client has leased the theatre to another man and…
The Big Four was a phrase that came out of the peace conferences, and before that applied to motorcycles; but there is a Big Four in the film world, comprising three of the world's greatest movie stars, Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks, with Mr. D. W. Griffith, one of…
A series of boxing contests were staged at the New Victoria Theatre, Kau-U-Fong, on Saturday night. Party involved: Lau Ting Cheong, Chan Shu Chee, E King Tat, Chan Kom Hee, Marriott, Wilkinson, Lan Hung Cheung, Chung Shu Lung, Gough, Kent, Pau, N. Feroz, M. Sheriff, Ho Cheong Ling, Leng Hung…
Sir Gilbert Parker, the author of 'The Judgment House,' who collaborated with J. Stuart Blackton in its direction for the screen, laid the scenes of the story in England and South Africa before and during the Boer war.
At the Hongkong Theatre, theatre-goers will have an opportunity to see the latest Universal-Jewel production entitled 'Under Crimson Skies' featuring the Colossus of the screen, Elmo Lincoln, the celebrated star of 'Tarzan of the Apes' and 'The Romance of Tarzan.…