A History Of Film Exhibition And Reception In Colonial Hong Kong: 1897 To 1925
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Headline: Future of the Cinema: Mr. Adolphe [sic] Zukor - Business and Idealism
Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1925-10-10
Summary:

In the office of 'Famous Players,' I met Mr. Adolphe [sic] Zukor, the president of the organization. 'Everywhere the public take most kindly to three sorts of film – comedy, intimate drama, and spectacle, the last corresponding to the circus. The ‘bestseller' is not always…

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Headline: Future of the Cinema: Mr. Douglas Fairbanks - An Illimitable Range
Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1925-10-15
Summary:

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…

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Headline: Future of the Cinema: Why not Better Pictures? - Mr. Chas Chaplin's Views
Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1925-10-17
Summary:

Mr. Chaplin's hair is slightly flecked with grey. He gives the impression of understanding the peculiar potentialities of the medium more fully than any man in Hollywood. 'The medium more resembles music,' he says, 'than any other medium. Like music, it always starts not from…

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Headline: At the Queen's
Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1925-10-24 - 1925-10-24
Summary:

Tomorrow, D. W. Griffith presents Mae Marsh and Robert Harron in 'The Mother and the Law.'

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Headline: Queen's Super Cinema
Newspaper Source: Hong Kong Telegraph
Publication Date: 1925-11-14 - 1925-11-16
Summary:

Saturday to Monday, November 15 to 17, John Barrymore in 'Sherlock Holmes,' directed by Albert Parker, adapted from William Gillette's play, with the cast including Roland Young, Carol Dempster, Hedda Hopper, Percival [sic] Knight, Reginald Denny, Robert Schable, Anders Randolf,…

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Headline: Queen's Super Cinema
Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1925-11-14 - 1925-11-14
Summary:

Saturday to Monday, November 15 to 17, John Barrymore in 'Sherlock Holmes,' directed by Albert Parker, adapted from William Gillette's stage play founded on Sir Conan Doyle's stories. The cast includes Roland Young, Carol Dempster, Hedda Hopper, Percival [sic] Knight,…

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Headline: Today, Tomorrow and Saturday at Queen's
Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1925-11-26 - 1925-11-26
Summary:

Jackie Coogan in 'Long Live the King,' by Mary Roberts Rinehart, produced under personal supervision of Jack Coogan, Sr., directed by Victor Schertzinger. Illustration included.

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Headline: The Star
Newspaper Source: Hong Kong Telegraph
Publication Date: 1925-12-29 - 1925-12-30
Summary:

Tuesday and Wednesday, Louis B. Mayer presents a Fred Niblo production, 'Strangers of the Night' (Captain Applejack), with a superb cast includes Matt Moore, Enid Bennett, Barbara La Marr and Robert McKim. Illustration included.

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Headline: Star
Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1925-12-29 - 1925-12-29
Summary:

Tuesday and Wednesday, Louis B. Mayer presents a Fred Niblo production, 'Strangers of the Night.' The cast is superb cast is headed by Matt Moore, Enid Bennett, Barbara La Marr and Robert McKim. Illustration included.