"THE MYSTERY OF A HANSOM CAB."

Press, Volume LXI, Issue 18399, 4 June 1925, Page 14

"THE MYSTERY OF A HANSOM CAB."

■ ' ——♦ LIBERTY THEATRE. New Zcalandcis will feel more tkan ■usually interested in "The Mystery ol a. Hansom Cab,' 1 winch, is to oe screened at tho Liberty next Saturday, as • tho story is tho work -of an old i-uuiedm boy. There are many people round this Ji 0111111ion who remember young 'Hume when ho was an articled clerk in a well-known solicitor's office, almost ioity years ago, and very fow tif any) of them ever dreamt that he would be responsible lor the literary sensation of'the day, as- it proved to be. Since then this dramatic thriller lias been always among.(he world's best fieliers, and even • to-day the book is being lead by thousands all oyer tho world. AVhen the picture • was- commenced tho demand was so great, in Australia tha't the Pyramid Picture Ccuip3hy arranged With' the publishers to print another edition of the book, which has since;been practically sold'out. \Vith H this "great subject fortius picture production and a financial backing, Arthur Shirley had to ' ditticulty in making a great picture. The total cost was just on £IO,O .'O, whicli is a record.as far as Australian production is concerned, but the results have justified it.. Everywhere * the picture is receiving'great praifee and being screened- to packed houses. .'Shirley; in-addition to producing the picture, plays the principal character, .and is supported by a very strong cast, including Miss Grace Glover, Messrs Sydney Stirling, Godfrey Cass, Carle--ton Stuart, 'Roland Stave!y, and Miss Cora' Warner, who as Mother Guttersnipe, tho gin-sodden s.oak <jf .the .slums, gives one of tho most wonderful . characterisations seen, on .the screen; in fact, it would bo safe, to say "that seldom has there been seen on the screen such a great performance as hers,: The mountings arc all elaborate. while the photography is excellent. In every way the production is something to be pioud of. .. .