Star Theatre has engaged two artistes of world-wide repute who will appear for one night only – on Sunday next. These are Modlr Lena Ambiose, soprano and Senor Scamuzzi, late of the Italian Grand opera company.
Hongkong Amusements Limited will take over the Queen's Theatre from 1st August next. Mr. H. W. Ray plans to procure latest releases from Paramount, United Artists, First National and Metro-Goldwyn with such big specials as 'Captain Blood' from Vitagraph, 'The Phantom of the…
(From the Army and Navy Gazette) The steps which are being taken to remedy the present depression in the British film industry must find sympathetic approval in the Services. Lord Newton, who raised the question in the House of Lords recently, after showing that no less than 95% of the films…
First National, United Artists, Paramount, Metro and Goldwyn will contribute their finest photoplays to the Queen's, together with the super-productions of Pathe, Warner Bros. and Universal. The latest Gaumont and Pathe British Gazettes and Pathe American news will be shown. Pathe, Mack…
Tomorrow, Hongkong's biggest theatre comes into its own! Hereafter, First National, United Artists, Paramount, Metro and Goldwyn will contribute their finest photoplays to the Queen's, together with the super-productions of Pathe, Warner Bros. and Universal. The latest Gaumont and…
Hereafter, First National, United Artists, Paramount, Metro and Goldwyn will contribute their finest photoplays to the Queen's, together with the super-production of Pathe, Warner Bros. and Universal. The latest Gaumont and Pathe British Gazette and Pathe American news will also be shown.…
Tomorrow at 6, 7.30 and 9.15, there is another big programme at the Queen's, United Artists present Monte Blue in a great drama of the sea, 'Loving Lies.' Note that pictures shown at the Queen's will not be shown elsewhere in the colony during the current year.
A great artiste in her greatest picture, Norma Talmadge in 'Secrets.' Illustration included.
London – The United States Government is understood to be interested in motion picture camera invention here which is capable of taking 5,000 pictures a second, thus making visible the flight of a rifle bullet in the process of explosion or the impact of a shell on an armoured plate. The process…
An article from Rober Nichols in the Times: 'Why don't we get better pictures?' will be immediately confronted by two obstacles: first, the seeming mass and variety sometimes conflicting answers offered him, and second, the undoubted fact, witnessed by the tone in which these…
The opinions of 'hicks' are of great importance to the movie industry because while the sale of a great film in the great cities of the United States may yield a return to the investors, the profit is made in the 'hicks.' The 'hicks' decide. The outlook of the…
(By C. Morand for the S. C. M. Post) Philadelphia, Aug. 26. Motion Pictures to be Taken – Complete motion picture equipment will be taken to photograph all activities of the expedition, the film to be later used in university lecture work. Scenes from old Arab life, said to be fast disappearing…
Mr. Tod Sanborn, spoken of as the World's greatest Xylophonist will appear at the Star Theatre. He manipulates the xylophone with an ease and grace that is admirable and whether it be in classical selections or syncopated jazz, his work is always that of a great artist. He has selected from…
Sir William Joynson-Hicks, the Home Secretary, when he spoke at the London Hippodrome, addressed the audience for the first time in connection with a film. It was the occasion of the exhibition of the screen version of 'The Only Way,' an all-British production. This is, said Sir…
When Charlie Chaplin appeared in person as an artist at the Tivoli in the Fred Karno sketch 'Mumming Bird,' he was earning 2.10 pounds a week. When his filmed self was shown in 'The Gold Rush,' 1,000 pounds was paid for the week's run of the picture, 6,000 pounds was…
Tonight and tomorrow only, Barbara La Marr in 'The White Moth,' a drama of the French stage, with all its glamour – all its dashing excitement. You will be amazed at the wonderful artistes with 200 beautiful girls in a carnival of colour.
There is a great contrast between Puccini's Boheme and his La Tosca, which was the opera selected for presentation at the Star Theatre last night. With such artists as Signorina Lyda Betti, Signor Franco Izal and Signor E. Cunego in the leading roles, the work did not suffer. In the minor…
Tomorrow and Wednesday, positively for 2 days only after which we return the film to United Artists, Charlie Chaplin in 'The Gold Rush.'
The following is from St. John Cathedral Notes: We had decided to make a reply to Professor Forster's criticisms of the cinema before we had read them. It must be admitted that the cinema gives us a stock of outrageous unreality. The dollar, moreover, is represented in most film stories as…
The German cinematograph industry has produced some notable pictures, which, in their staging and photography, have been extremely good. Hongkong has had an opportunity of seeing some of these, and the opinion passed has been favourable from a technical point of view, although the taste display…