Matinee for children, when the Queen's Jubilee Views will be exhibited besides other interesting and amusing for the little folks. As for the 9.15 p.m. section, last opportunity to see the Queen's Jubilee Pictures and others so highly spoken of by the press. Booking at the Robinson…
Last night in Theatre Royal, the Elsie Adair Company gave an amusing entertainment before a large house. And a series of animated pictures were shown by means of Edison's Vitascope. It was an almost total absence of the flicker which has characterised all previous exhibitions of pictures of…
The boards of the theatre at the City Hall have held the entertainment given by the Great Thurston and his company. The cinematograph was also an element for a good deal of the amusement, some of the pictures being exceedingly funny.
To the Editor S. C. M. Post – Your excellent editorial note of today regarding cinematograph pictures deserves more than passing consideration. Apart altogether from the question as to whether such pictures are intended to educate or amuse the public, there remains the fact that they can be made…
Hongkong is in danger of being spoilt just now, in the way of entertainments. There is no lack of choice, and the standard may be set down as uniformly high. Until the weekend, every evening may be spent at the University without fear of proving tedious. On Friday night, the Theatre Royal should…
Unlike some previous Christmas times that we have known in Hongkong, there will be abundance of entertainment for amusement lovers this winter. The Theatre Royal is booked up for a series of entertainments. Victoria Theatre: The ever-popular Victoria Theatre is building up great expectations for…
The first public performance given in Hongkong of Mr. T. Edison's invention – The Kinetophone, took place in the Theatre Royal last night. The new invention, in its remarkably life-like presentation of sounds and actions synchronising, is wonderful but by no means perfect. It displayed six…
The manager of the Victoria Theatre, Mr. J. J. Blake, got rather a surprise on Saturday night, when a body of a hundred men of the Middlesex Regiment marched up to the theatre while they were supposed to go to the theatre Royal. They were being thrilled by Laughing Mask. 'Sold' will be…
Hongkong Amusement Ltd., open a new Theatre located in Nathan Road of Kowloon. A big roomy place the new theatre is fitted with a battery of electric fans that set up a breeze fresh enough to blow out every match in the box when you begin to light up your pipe. The chairs are those comfortable…
The light failed at the Kowloon Theatre on Thursday evening, with the result that, to the disappointment of many, there was no performance. The management was in no way responsible for the mishap. The Hongkong Amusements, Ltd. assures a steady supply of excellent picture programmes.
Kowloon had nothing to complain of Saturday night's show provided by Hongkong Amusements, Ld. [sic] At the Coronet Theatre, a big picture entitled 'The Last of his Race' was screened. Also, the inimitable Harold Lloyd shall conclude the programme with 'Get In and Get Under.…
A splendid programme is being presented at Kowloon Theatre tonight. The opening film is the ever-popular Coronet Review, which contains pictures of the Far Eastern Olympic, including very full accounts of the South China football team. The principal item is an all-British production, 'Alf…
A bright and entertaining programme is offered at the Kowloon Theatre, including 'Mr. Fix-It' starring Douglas Fairbanks. While Hongkong Amusements Ltd. has secured three entertainers from the Folies Bergere, the famous Paris comedy theatre. In a novelty act entitled 'Le Globe d…
In 'A Broadway Cowboy' the Jesse D. Hampton-Pathe feature at the Kowloon Theatre today, William Desmond portrays a young tenderfoot actor who suddenly finds himself the central figure in a lot of hair-raising, uncomfortable and highly amusing adventures in Montana and all for the love…
Another enjoyable evening is assured at the Kowloon Theatre tonight when the second of the series of popular dances take place. As before, to prevent any overcrowding, tickets will be limited in number. They may be obtained either at Messrs. Moutrie's or at the theatre itself after 5.30 p.m…
Last night's cabaret dance at the Kowloon Theatre proved another popular success. The limited issue of tickets was soon exhausted and several patrons were unable to gain admission. It is advisable to secure tickets for the special evening dress dance next Tuesday from Moutrie's. The…
A special dance (evening dress) will be held tomorrow at the Kowloon Theatre at 9 o'clock. Admission ticket costs $2, including light refreshments, and a limited number is obtainable at Moutrie's.
The Coronet: 'Last of the Mohicans,' December 25th at 6 & 9.15 p.m. Louise Glaum in 'The Leopard Woman,' December 26th-28th at 5.15 & 9.15 p.m., December 29th at 2.30, 5.15 & 9.15 p.m. Nazimova in 'The Brat,' December 30th & 31st at 2.30, 5.15 &…
Holiday Time Table. The Coronet: 'Last of the Mohicans,' December 25 at 6 and 9.15, December 26, 27 and 28 at 2.30 and 7.15; Louise Glaum in The Leopard Woman, December 26, 27 and 28 at 5.15 and 9.15, December 29 at 2.30, 5.15 and 9.15; Nazimova in The Brat, December 30, 31 at 2.30, 5.…
A film company recently claimed St Vitus as the patron saint of the cinema. The Dance of St. Vitus became a familiar phrase, and gave its name to a nervous disorder. If the cinema now claims him as their patron saint, we suggest to the Hongkong Amusements Ltd. that instead of running so much…