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: 1924-01-01 - 1924-01-05
Summary:

January 1st to Saturday at 5.15 p.m. and 9.15 p.m., 'In the Name of the Law,' by a cast with the brilliance of a glittering sunburnt, including Ralph Lewis, Ella Hall, Johnnie Walker and Claire McDowell. Admission: 9.15 p.m., $1.20 and 80 cents; 5.15 p.m., 80 cents and 50 cents.…

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Newspaper Source: Hong Kong Telegraph
Publication Date: 1924-01-02 - 1924-01-05
Summary:

January 1st to Saturday at 5.15 & 9.15 p.m., 'In the Name of the Law,' by a cast including Ralph Lewis, Ellar [sic] Hall, Johnie [sic] Walker and Claire M'Dowell [sic]. Admission, 9.15 p.m., $1.2 and 80 cents; 5.15 p.m., 80 and 50 cents. Usual price. Booking at the Theatre.…

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Newspaper Source: The China Mail
Publication Date: 1924-01-02
Summary:

In the Name of the Law,' an Emory Johnson production shown for the first time at the World Theatre yesterday. It was produced, directed and starred by Emory Johnson, also with Ralph Lewis, Claire McDowell, Ella Hall and Johnnie Walker. Film synopsis included.

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Newspaper Source: The China Mail
Publication Date: 1924-01-02 - 1924-01-05
Summary:

January 1st to Saturday at 5.15 and 9.15 p.m., 'In the Name of the Law,' featuring Ralph Lewis, Ella Hall, Johnnie Walker and Claire McDowell. Admission: 9.15, $1.20 and 80 cents; 5.15, 80 cents and 50 cents. Booking at the Theatre.

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Newspaper Source: The China Mail
Publication Date: 1924-09-27
Summary:

With pretty Viola Dana as the star and supported by Ralph Lewis, 'The Five Dollar Baby,' the latest Metro attraction to come to the Queen's Theatre, is representative of good all-round entertainment on the screen.

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Newspaper Source: Hong Kong Telegraph
Publication Date: 1924-09-27
Summary:

Queen's Theatre will be screening the Metro attraction 'The Five Dollar baby' starring Viola Dana and Ralph Lewis. There is plenty of humour in the film, along with good all-round entertainment. This film will be put on during the weekend and on Monday.

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1924-09-27
Summary:

Hongkong cinema-goers do not need to be told what Viola Dana represents on the silent stage. In 'The Five Dollar Baby,' plenty of room is found for fun – fun of the kind which is neither riotous nor unnatural. In some of the scenes one cannot help being carried away by the really…

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1924-09-29
Summary:

Cinema visitors who have been to the Queen's Theatre during the weekend are loud in their praises of the latest Metro production, 'The Five Dollar Baby,' in which that light-comedy actress, Viola Dana, takes the stellar role. Ralph Lewis is also seen to advantage as the Jewish…

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1924-09-30
Summary:

The final shows of Metro's light-comedy-melodrama, 'The Five Dollar Baby,' will be given today at the Queen's Theatre. Viola Dana, as the star, gives an exquisite performance and Ralph Lewis enacts the part of a benevolent pawnbroker of Semitic extraction.

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

The Mailman' is the remarkable combination which is behind the recent successes Emory Johnson has placed on the screen. He was formerly leading man for Mary Pickford, who has no place in the front ranks of the motion picture creating geniuses, attributes all of his phenomenal progress to…