The Hongkong Amusements Ltd. has completed arrangements to take over the Queen's Theatre from August 1st. Improvements, we understand, will be effected, and the best programmes will be put on at ordinary prices. No picture shown there will be released for exhibition elsewhere in the Colony…
The Queen's Theatre opened on Saturday under the management of Hongkong Amusements Ltd. The principal attraction was Gloria Swanson in 'Zaza,' with in addition to a highly diverting Mack Sennett comedy.
The taking over of the Queen's Theatre by the Hongkong Amusement Ltd. has been marked by an overwhelming increase in the audiences at that house. Considerable improvement has been effected and the orchestra is now heard to much better advantage while the choice of music leaves nothing to be…
Chinese Theatres – More places for amusement are now available for the Chinese in the Colony. The Chinese theatres which had suspended business for nearly a month are gradually re-opening. The Tai Ping Theatre is giving moving picture shows every night, and the Li Yuen Lok theatrical company, to…
As will be seen from the announcement by Hongkong Amusements Ltd., the Colony is to have the pleasure of welcoming back old favourites to the Star Theatre next Thursday, Friday and Saturday when Mr. Wallingford present the Broadcaster Co. in miniature revue. Performers are Mr. Crichton from…
Hongkong Amusements Ltd., has engaged 'The Broadcasters' Company' presented by Wallingford Tate and Jack Crichton, who are to appear at the Star Theatre, on Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights and also at a matinee on Saturday at 5 pm. Mr. Tate and Mr. Crichton are remembered for…
It needs courage in these warm days to stage anything which requires effort in the execution and some measure of concentration on the part of the audience but the venture of the Hongkong Amusements Limited in booking the Broadcasters for a three-night season at the Star Theatre. This little…
(To the Editor, S. C. M. Post) Sir, – Now that the Hongkong Amusements Ltd., has practically a monopoly on the cinema business in the Colony, it is apparent that Kowloon is to reap the benefit of any old pictures on hand. The above company recently advertised that pictures shown at the Queen…
(By Jingle for the S. C. M. Post) There are days when all is dull. On such an occasion, we go to the cinema. Time was when the cinema was the vehicle for amusement of the masses. It is no longer so. The heart of the public fails to respond to these stimuli, the producers say. 'Her Tragic…
It is learned that World Theatre in Des Voeux Road will be taken over by the Hongkong Amusements Inc. and the transfer to the theatre will be made shortly.
No greater contrast can be imagined than that between Mr. Zukor and Mr. Douglas Fairbanks. Mr. Zukor is twilit and mysterious. There is no mystery about 'Doug.' He possesses an immense athletic and romantic animation. Mr. Fairbanks commented that children and animals were the best…
Kowloon audiences are notably quick to appreciate any divergence from the usual in their amusement programmes. Mr. Tod Sanborn was billed to perform. He is a musician whose medium is that difficult, i.e., xylophone. Last night's programme included the Sextette from Lucia de Lammermoor.…
A discussion recently took place at a C. E. M. S meeting in the Cathedral Hall on the question of the value of the cinemas, whether its influence was at present on the whole beneficial. There is a consensus of opinion that more rubbish is purveyed by moving picture producers than by those who…
Chief Justice expressed surprise at a cinema going bankrupt in these times while presiding over the settling of the Bankruptcy Court this morning. In the list of cases was on regarding the World Theatre, Mr. A Dyer Bull informed His Lordship that Hongkong Amusements, Ltd. had paid about $3,000…
Presiding over the Bankruptcy Court on Saturday, the Chief Justice, Sir Henry Gollan, expressed surprise that a cinema theatre should go bankrupt in these times. Included in the list of cases was an application for an order for adjudication in respect of the World Theatre. Mr. A. Dyer Ball, the…