“THE MAN THEY COULD NOT HANG.”

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume X, Issue 243, 30 October 1920, Page 3

“THE MAN THEY COULD NOT HANG.”

NEXT TUESDAY AT EVERYBODY’S | HASTINGS. I What promises to be a noteworthy season in moving pictures in Hastings will commence at Everybody’s Theatre for a short season of three nights next Tuesday, when the world-famous cinema oratorio “The Man They Could Not Hang,” with a brilliant descriptive lecture by England’s foremost actor-orator Frederick Haldane, will be screened. This picture comes with a very big city reputation, the success of which has been phenomenal. It attracts considerable interest cn account of its realism and sensationalism. It tells the story of John Lee, who was known the world *ovqj as the man the English prison authorities could not hang. Every newspaper in the world published the interesting facts concerning the failure of the attempts to hang Lee. Three times he was placed on the scaffold and three times the gruesome instrument of death failed to do its appointed work. Lee’s sentence was then commuted to penal servitude for life. On the expiration of 25 years he was released through the real murderer confessing the crime. The melodramatic possibilities are done ample justice in the film, the whole forming one of the most remarkable stories ever screened. In every town in New Zealand there have been extended seasons, the theatres being utterly inadequate to aceommoI date the enormous crowd clamouring I for admission.. It very rarely happens i that a film oP-this description should j meet with this same continuous and ■ sensational success. Intending patrons are strongly advised to reserve their seats, as the season in Hastings is .limited to only three nights. Dining • the evening Mr. Frederick Haldane will j deliver a thrilling and interesting leej ture while the picture is being screened, j Mr. Haldane’s artistic creations are ’ amongst the most notable contributions to the dramatic stage. No one should {miss seeing this remarkable picture. It has a direct appeal. The box plan opens at Hall’s on Monday morning.