[100 Years Ago Today] October 17, 1926 - Arirang in its 17th Day of Screening, a Sunday in Gyeongseong Two Weeks After the Dedication, and the World One Week After the Fall of Wuhan

1. On Sunday, October 17, 1926, this serial article looks back at the new Government-General building dedicated fourteen days ago and the film Arirang, which was released.
2. The dedication of the Government-General building on October 1 fell on the same day as the premiere of Arirang at the Danseongsa theater, and construction began with a groundbreaking ceremony on June 24, 1916.
3. We have not found the daily newspaper page reporting directly on that day; the building, which took ten years to construct, has disappeared, but Arirang is still staged 100 years later.

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