"THE MYSTERY OF A HANSOM CAB."

Press, Volume LXI, Issue 18397, 2 June 1925, Page 13

"THE MYSTERY OF A HANSOM CAB."

AT LIBERTY ON SATURDAY. This -picture is a great visualisation or AustraJia's most famous book of adventure, dealing with social alum and every phase of Australian life. The titlo has that indescribable qualification of forever being remembered, which invariably spells success in amusements. More than a generation has passed since Fergus Hume wrote this thrilling story, and the title has been a household phrase ever since. The directors of Pyramid Pictures Proprietary, Limited, with ine luuaaDic ambition piuemg motion picture production on proper tooling in Ausiiiuia, toiiumssiojicci jiruiur feniney to start tneic enverprisu witu 111s production o: "The Mystery ol A Hansom i_ab." He liivs now proved, beyond ail clouDl3, tnat no can, in Australia, find capable artists to act; mechanicians who can imild me most etaborato sets; art title writers; and every worker and accessory required lor motioii picture maiting; anu that tie can organise t tie in to prouueo the highest standard ot pictures, baciicd as «e is by such an organisation ot business men, with the Australian outioox, which the directors ot Pyramid Pictures Proprietory have shown. Villi tho ambition, which throughout his brilliant career iu America, he liau always held, to place Australia on the world's map as a picture producing country;, Arthur &hirlev left the United States at the very heignt of his Sim stardom. Arriving in Australia ;our years rto, he iound that to'achieve his ambition lie had to clamber ever mountains of scepticism and batter cown countless walls i.'f prejudice. Nothing daunted, this big Australian put up ft real fight, and las dogged persistence, and his obvious sincerity at length won him the recognition and confidence cr" the enterprising business men in Pyramid Pictures Proprietary, Limited. He ha; new proudly handed to thcni, to rj-fs?nt to the public, this history ir.ikine elaborate production m bergus Hume's greai Australian vvcik, Ihe -tlys'.ei} o: a Hansom Cab."