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: 1922-08-04
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Newspaper Source: The China Mail
Publication Date: 1923-02-01
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Headline: Cinema Prices
Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1923-10-15
Summary:

A letter replies from H. W. Ray regarding the cinema price. [To the Editor, S. C. M. Post] 'Amusements' points to the fact that formerly I charged $1 at the Coronet, and that now I charge $1.50. He does not add that formerly I had three musicians, where now I have ten. He does not…

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Headline: Cinema Prices
Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1923-10-16
Summary:

(To the Editor, S. C. M. Post.) This letter is a reply to Mr. H. W. Ray's letter in this morning's issue. First of all, some of the very best and most up-to-date Picture Palaces in London do not boast of an orchestra of five musicians, let alone ten. All that is required is a couple of…

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Headline: Cinema Prices
Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1923-10-18
Summary:

(To the Editor, S. C. M. Post) It may be quite possible to see an excellent film programme very cheaply in England. But in a place like Hongkong, which will not support many amusement enterprises, there must naturally be a slightly increased price. In a town like this where a picture of the…

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Headline: Cinema Prices
Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1923-10-18
Summary:

(To the Editor, S. C. M. Post) I am moved to this reflection by the statement of 'New Arrival,' who tells of a small English town with five cinemas, and one Super Cinema. The Super Cinema had: 1. Twenty instrumentalists in its cinema orchestra; 2. Big pictures which is screened on the…

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Headline: Cinema Prices
Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1923-10-19
Summary:

(To the Editor, S. C. M. Post) I feel bound to reply to Unklutch's latest sneer at 'so-called super-productions.' The pictures for which the Coronet increased prices during the past twelve months were: 'Way Down East,' 'The Three Musketeers,' 'Intolerance…

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Newspaper Source: Hong Kong Telegraph
Publication Date: 1924-02-13 - 1924-02-16
Summary:

Today till Saturday at 12.15, 2.30, 5.15, 7.15 & 9.15, 'Thundering Dawn,' a Universal's super jewel in 7 reels with J. Warren Kerrigan and Anna Q. Nilsson. February 16 Remarks: Tomorrow at 6, 7.30 & 9.15, Charles Ray in 'The Girl I Loved.'

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Headline: The Coronet
Newspaper Source: Hong Kong Telegraph
Publication Date: 1924-02-16 - 1924-02-16
Summary:

Tomorrow till Wednesday, Charles Ray in 'The Girl I Loved.' Film plot included.

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1924-02-16 - 1924-02-16
Summary:

Tonight at 12.15, 2.30, 5.15, 7.15 and 9.15, J. Warren Kerrigan and Anna Q. Nilsson in 'Thundering Dawn.' Tomorrow at 6, 7.30 and 9.15, Charles Ray in 'The Girl I Loved.'

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Newspaper Source: The China Mail
Publication Date: 1924-02-16
Summary:

Thundering Dawn' is on its last day's run at the Coronet and will be followed by Charles Ray in 'The Girl I Loved,' based upon the famous poem by James Whitcomb Riley.

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1924-02-16
Summary:

Thundering Dawn,' the romantic picture dealing with a man's regeneration down in tropical Java, closes its run at the Coronet today. Beginning tomorrow, the attraction is that of Charles Ray in 'The Gril I Loved '[sic]. The picture is founded upon the famous poem by James…

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Headline: The Coronet
Newspaper Source: The China Mail
Publication Date: 1924-02-16 - 1924-02-20
Summary:

Today at 12.15, 2.30, 5.15, 7.15 and 9.15, Charles Ray in 'The Girl I Loved.'

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Newspaper Source: The China Mail
Publication Date: 1924-02-16 - 1924-02-16
Summary:

Today at 12.15, 2.30, 5.15, 7.15 and 9.15, J. Warren Kerrigan and Anna Q. Nilsson in 'Thundering Dawn.' Tomorrow at 6, 7.30 and 9.15, Charles Ray in 'The Girl I Loved.'

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Headline: The Coronet
Newspaper Source: Hong Kong Telegraph
Publication Date: 1924-02-18 - 1924-02-20
Summary:

At 12.15, 2.30, 5.15, 7.15, 9.15, Arthur S. Kane presents Charles Ray in 'The Girl I Loved,' directed by Joseph De. Grasse.

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Headline: Ar the Coronet
Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1924-02-18 - 1924-02-20
Summary:

At 12.15, 2.30, 5.15, 7.15 and 9.15, Arthur Kane presents Charles Ray in 'The Girl I Loved,' by James Whitcomb Riley, directed by Joseph De Grasse. Illustration included.

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Newspaper Source: The China Mail
Publication Date: 1924-02-18
Summary:

The Girl I Loved,' starring Charles Ray is showing at the Coronet. More welcome news is of the return of Doug Fairbanks in 'The Mark of Zorro.'

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1924-02-18
Summary:

Charles Ray, in 'The Girl I Loved,' breaks somewhat from his usual style, and ventures upon some genuinely 'straight' acting. Film plot included. Greatly daring, the producers have given the film an ending completely at variance with film tradition; but it must be said that…

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1924-02-20
Summary:

Charles Ray, in 'The Girl I Loved,' is showing for the last time today at the Coronet. The announcement of the return of the irrepressible Mr. Douglas Fairbanks in his sensational picture hit, 'The Mark of Zorro,' makes good reading. The Coronet, after its last showing, was…