A History Of Film Exhibition And Reception In Colonial Hong Kong: 1897 To 1925
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Newspaper Source: Hong Kong Telegraph
Publication Date: 1923-07-18
Summary:

Star Theatre continues to host magician and illusionist Nicola. Tomorrow, Nicola is going to perform his famous street stunt in which he will be in a straight-jacket and hanged by his feet in the air, undertaking to free himself from his bonds in the head downwards position. The display will…

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Newspaper Source: The China Mail
Publication Date: 1923-07-21
Summary:

Not satisfied with his extraordinary feat on the Praya yesterday, Nicola has undertaken to execute two more sensational escapes at the Star Theatre today.

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1925-01-09
Summary:

Yesterday Leopold Premyslavs, the violinist and Eugenie Premyslavs the cellist, his wife, returned to the Colony in the s.s. Empress of Russia. They are, with the assistance of Mr. Harry Ore, to give a concert in St. Andrew's Hall on Saturday night and another, at the Star Theatre, on the…