Some excellent films have been shown in Hongkong from time to time but surely nothing finer in its way than the film version of 'The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse,' which crowded audiences saw for the first time at the Star Theatre, Kowloon, yesterday. The plot of the widely read…

(By 'X. Y. Z.' for S. C. M. Post) The writer thinks that pictures are more powerful than pen and even the sword. The pictorial presentation of the emotions makes a far wider and more vivid appeal than the written story. However, often it has been prostituted to the basest form of…

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…

(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…

(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…

(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…

(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…

In the Queen's Theatre, from tonight to Thursday, featuring Gaston Glass, Ruth Clifford, Stuart Holmes, Miriam Cooper and Ethel Shannon in the 'Daughters of the Rich,' a story of American dollars, based on the novel by Edgar Saltus. Smoke Turner who made a hit in 'The Four…