A History Of Film Exhibition And Reception In Colonial Hong Kong: 1897 To 1925
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Headline: World Theatre
Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1924-11-12 - 1924-11-12
Summary:

Today till Saturday at 5.15 and 9.15 p.m., Emory Johnson's giant epic of the screen, 'The Mailman' starring Ralph Lewis, Johnnie Walker and a wonderful cast. Special picture, special music at ordinary prices. Today and tomorrow only at 2.30 and 7.15 p.m., Eddie Polo in '…

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Headline: World Theatre
Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1924-11-12 - 1924-11-14
Summary:

The Mailman,' Emory Johnson's epic masterstroke, starring Ralph Lewis, Johnnie Walker and a brilliant cast. Showing today till Saturday. Our great sacrifice picture. Special music at usual prices.

143
Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1924-11-12
Summary:

Congratulating her son, Emory Johnson, the well-known producer and Ralph Lewis, the star, for their brilliant work in 'The Mailman,' released by film booking offices of America and to be shown at the World Theatre tonight. Mrs. Emilie Johnson, the author of the story, asserts that the…

144
Headline: World Theatre
Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1924-11-13 - 1924-11-14
Summary:

Emory Johnson, master showman of the cinema hits the bull's eye again with 'The Mailman,' starring Ralph Lewis, Johnnie Walker and a wonderful cast. Today till Saturday at 5.15 and 9.15 p.m. Special music at usual prices. Today only at 2.30 and 7.15 p.m., Eddie Polo in '…

145
Newspaper Source: The China Mail
Publication Date: 1924-11-14
Summary:

Emory Johnson's picture 'The Mailman' is now playing at the World Theatre. The picture starred by Ralph Lewis, Johnnie Walker, Josephine Adair, David Kirby, Taylor Graves, Martha Sleeper and others. Film plot included.

146
Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1924-11-14
Summary:

Tense drama, written around a dramatic being, the man who delivers mail to hundreds of families every day in the year, is proving to be highly interesting entertainment at the World Theatre, where Emory Johnson's latest F. B. C. [sic] Production, 'The Mailman' is playing. Ralph…

147
Headline: World Theatre
Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1924-11-15 - 1924-11-15
Summary:

Today only at 5.15 and 9.15 p.m., 'The Mailman,' starring Ralph Lewis, Johnnie Walker and a big cast, Emory Johnson's giant epic of the screen. Commencing tomorrow, Hoot Gibson in 'Kindled Courage.' Today and tomorrow at 2.30 and 7.15 p.m., Eddie Polo in 'Secret…

148
Headline: World Theatre
Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1924-11-15 - 1924-11-15
Summary:

Emory Johnson's giant epic of the screen, 'The Mailman,' starring Ralph Lewis, Johnnie Walker and a big cast. Final performances today. Starting tomorrow, Hoot Gibson in 'Kindled Courage.' A revelation life, 'Broadway After Dark,' featuring Adolphe Menjou,…

149
Newspaper Source: Hong Kong Telegraph
Publication Date: 1925-01-08
Summary:

Today, Star Theatre will be screening an Allied Producers and Distributors' Corporation's 'The Hill Billy' featuring Jack Pickford and Lucille Rickson. The picture story was written by Jack, his famous sister, Mary Pickford and Marion Jackson. George Hill directed the picture…

150
Newspaper Source: The China Mail
Publication Date: 1925-01-09
Summary:

Jack Pickford is featured at the Star this week in one of his own productions, in which he was assisted by his sister, Mary Pickford. The title is 'The Hill Billy.' The feature also starred by Lucille Ricksen, Jane Keckley, Frank Leigh and Ralph Yearsley. Film plot included.

151
Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1925-02-03
Summary:

Lionel Barrymore in 'The Master Mind' is the attraction at the Queen's Theatre. This is the first of a new series of Barrymore photoplays to be presented by the Associated First National. He is capably supported by such well-known artists as Gypsy O'Brien, Ralph Kellard,…

152
Newspaper Source: The China Mail
Publication Date: 1925-06-20
153
Newspaper Source: Hong Kong Telegraph
Publication Date: 1925-08-14
Summary:

The British film industry has seen its downfall in the past few years. Practical elimination of British pictures from the screen throughout the Empire and abroad has had a serious socio-political effect. By 1923, only one film in sixteen will be British. Generally, the Great War and America…

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1925-08-19
Summary:

We have been hearing a great deal lately of the weakening of British prestige in the Far East through our official failure to understand the worldwide importance of cinemas. There are 22 cinemas in Korea and 16 in Manchuria. They appeal only to Koreans, who like American pictures. In Shanghai,…