A History Of Film Exhibition And Reception In Colonial Hong Kong: 1897 To 1925
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Newspaper Source: The China Mail
Publication Date: 1920-08-03
Summary:

At the Hongkong Theatre last night 'Passion,' another episode of the 'Seven Deadly Sins' was shown to large audiences. The next of the series will be 'Wrath' with H. B. Warner playing the lead role. Coming shortly will be the famous Fox star, June Caprice, in '…

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1920-08-06
Summary:

Notwithstanding counter attractions, the attendance at the Hongkong theatre has been very large during the week, and as the 'Seven Deadly Sins' series is coming soon to an end, and a new production from William Fox is being now announced, it is expected that the patronage will be…

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Headline: Kinema Notes
Newspaper Source: The China Mail
Publication Date: 1920-08-12
Summary:

At the Hongkong Theatre, the last and most deadly of the 'Seven Sins' is being shown. On Saturday next 'The Pretty Sister of Jose,' a Paramount picture feature Marguerite Clark, will be screened. 'Patsy,' a Fox Production, has not yet arrived. New Vitagraph comedies…

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Newspaper Source: Hong Kong Telegraph
Publication Date: 1924-06-27 - 1924-06-29
Summary:

Commencing 27th to 30th June at 5.15 & 9.15 p.m., a Gasnier production, Gaston Glass and Ruth Clifford in 'Mothers-in-Law.' At 2.30 & 7.15 p.m., 'Bride 13,' epis. 14 & 15. June 28 Remarks: On page 5, another ad. on Mothers-in-Law' only. Illustration included…

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Newspaper Source: Hong Kong Telegraph
Publication Date: 1924-06-27
Summary:

From today till Monday, Queen's Theatre will be screening 'Mothers-in-Law' at the 5:15 and 9:15 performances. The film will satisfy not only those who see it as a diversion from routine life but also those who perceive the moral of the story and measure its influence on human…

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1924-06-27
Summary:

Laughs and probably a tear or two will be provided when Gasnier's 'Mother-in-Law' [sic] is shown here. It is not, as some may think, a burlesque on that much-maligned relative, but an effort to prove that she is just as much a mother as a mother by birth, with an additional child…

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Newspaper Source: The China Mail
Publication Date: 1924-06-27 - 1924-07-01
Summary:

Commencing 27th to 30th June at 5.15 and 9.15 p.m., a Gasnier production with Gaston Glass and Ruth Clifford in 'Mothers-in-Law.' At 2.30 and 7.15 p.m., 'Bride 13' episodes 14 and 15.

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1924-06-28
Summary:

Captain [sic] acting and sympathetic treatment of the respective parts seemed to be the keynote of what was shown by the stars in 'Mothers-in-Law' which opened at the Queen's Theatre last night. This Gasnier served a double purpose. Firstly, there were members of the audience who…

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Newspaper Source: Hong Kong Telegraph
Publication Date: 1924-07-01 - 1924-07-01
Summary:

Today only at 5.15 & 9.15 p.m., a Gasnier production with Gaston Glass and Ruth Clifford in 'Mothers-in-Law.' At 2.30 & 7.15 p.m., 'Bride 13,' epis. 14 & 15.

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1924-07-01 - 1924-07-01
Summary:

Today only at 5.15 and 9.15 p.m., a Gasnier production with Gaston Glass and Ruth Clifford in 'Mothers-in-Law,' a story of a wife who forgot and of a mother who made her remember. At 2.30 and 7.15 p.m., 'Bride 13' episodes 14 and 15.