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: 1922-07-25 - 1922-07-27
Summary:

Tuesday, 25th to Thursday, 28th, 5.30 & 9.15, Ethel Clayton in 'Vicky Van' [sic]. Booking at the Star Ferry Wharf for Hongkong residents, free ferry tickets both ways.

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1922-07-25 - 1922-07-27
Summary:

Tuesday 25th to Thursday 27th at 5.30 and 9.15, Ethel Clayton in 'Vicky Van,' a real story of love and mystery. Booking at the Star Ferry Wharf for Hongkong residents, free ferry tickets both ways. Open daily: 4.30 to 5.15 p.m. and 6 to 9 p.m. Saturday s: 2 to 2.15 p.m., 4.30 to 5.15 p…

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1922-08-01 - 1922-08-01
Summary:

A picture for the kiddies! Export & Import Film Co. presents Col. Wm. N. Selig's 'The Jungle Goddess,' Elinor Field and Truman Van Dyke. Illustration included.

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Headline: Kowloon Theatre
Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1922-08-09 - 1922-08-09
Summary:

Today at 5.45 and 9.15, by all means go and see Selig's 'The Jungle Goddess,' starring Elinor Field and Truman Van Byke, 15 specular episodes. Illustration included.

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1922-12-15
Summary:

It is reported that the City Hall in Osaka was crowded one evening last month by Osaka's intellectuals to see the film depicting Einstein's theory of relativity. The film was shown for the first time, having just imported by the firm of Strauss and Company. Film plot included.

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1923-03-14 - 1923-03-14
Summary:

J. L. Frotheringham presents 'The Breaking Point' starring Bessie Barriscale, directed by Paul Scardon, written by H. H. Van Loan, with an all-star cast including Walter McGrall, Joseph J. Dowling, Wilfred Lucas, Pat O'Malley and Ethel Grey Terry, distributed by W. W. Hodkinson.…

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Newspaper Source: Hong Kong Telegraph
Publication Date: 1923-04-03
Summary:

This is no less than the founding in the Colony of a motion picture company to produce Chinese plays and dramas. The China Sun Motion Pictures Company, Limited, is in the field with a capital of half a million dollars which it desires to be usefully and profitably employed in the starting of a…

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1923-04-04
Summary:

A new project for founding a motion picture company for the production of Chinese plays and dramas is now being floated in the Colony. Backed by a capital of half a million dollars, the China Sun Motion Pictures Company, the leading spirit of which is Mr. Lai Hoi-san, proposes to screen dramas,…

30
Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1923-04-07 - 1923-04-07
Summary:

A Nazimova production, directed by Charles Bryant, Nazimova in 'A Doll's House,' from the play by Henrik Ibsen, scenario by Peter M. Winter, photography by Charles Van Enger. Illustration included.

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Newspaper Source: Hong Kong Telegraph
Publication Date: 1923-04-09 - 1923-04-09
Summary:

A Doll's House,' from the play by Henrik Ibsen, a Nazimova production, directed by Charles Bryant, scenario by Peter M. Winter and photography by Charles Van Enger. Illustration included.

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1923-04-28 - 1923-05-01
Summary:

On Metro's master film, 'The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.' April 28 Remarks: Comment by Henry Arthur Jones included. April 30 Remarks: Comment by Fannie Hurst included. May 1 Remarks: Comment by H. H. Van Loan included.

33
Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1923-05-21
Summary:

Three of the more serious dramas in the Courtneidge-Holloway Company's repertoire have been chosen for presentation during their three nights' session at the Star Theatre in Kowloon. Their opening piece will be Sir Arthur Pinero's famous drama 'The Second Mrs. Tanqueray,…

34
Newspaper Source: The China Mail
Publication Date: 1923-09-15
35
Headline: A Cinema Match?
Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1923-10-29
Summary:

The much-advertised match between our Derby winner, Papyrus and Zev, the American flier, tickets the popular imagination more than it appeals to the judgment of some sporting authorities. The publicity surrounding the whole affair. The general film drama of the American setting causes an…

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Headline: World Theatre
Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1924-01-14
Summary:

Nobody's Bride,' the Universal Screen offering at the World Theatre, winds on to a dramatic succession of events which affords opportunities to Herbert Rawlinson, Alice Lake, Edna Murphy, Harry Van [sic] Meter, Frank Brownles [sic], Sidney Bracy [sic], Lillian Langdon, Phillip [sic]…

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Newspaper Source: The China Mail
Publication Date: 1924-02-16
38
Headline: The Clean Up'
Newspaper Source: The China Mail
Publication Date: 1924-03-15
39
Headline: World Theatre
Newspaper Source: The China Mail
Publication Date: 1924-03-26
Summary:

The photoplay version of Paul Dickey's and Mann Page's stage play, 'Lights Out,' is now showing at the World Theatre. Directed by Al Santell for F. B. O. Studio. The cast includes Ruth Stonehouse, Walter McGrail, Marie Astaire, Theodore von Eltz, Hank Mann, Mabel Van Buren,…

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Newspaper Source: South China Morning Post
Publication Date: 1924-05-30
Summary:

Youth to Youth,' which will be presented at the Queen's Theatre from tonight till Monday, tells a wholesome and entertaining story of the troubles of a musical comedy star whose reputation is being damaged by unjust scandal. Film plot included. Billie Dove as the actress gives a…