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The Man They Could Not Hang (1934 film)

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rambling, disjointed fashion, and the dialogue is so childishly stiff and melodramatic that even the most docile audience is fidgeting and giggling before the end. The cast is full of those stage types that went out with the appearance of Pinero – the red-eyed village maiden, who murmurs "Justice will prevail", the moustached French villain, who cannot speak without leering, smirking and kissing his finger-tips, and the stalwart British policeman, who arrests the wrong man with the noble words, "Duty is duty." The spirit of the piece seems to have possessed the cast completely, but perhaps the stiffness of the acting is due to their ignorance of the difference between stage and screen technique.
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atmosphere; and if these results look amateurish they are highly professional by comparison with the acting and dialogue... The one possible exception is Ronald Roberts... If Australian production is to establish itself firmly with Australian picture-goers, it never can be by virtue of such offerings.
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said "It would be too hard to say that the cast is not capable, because the dialogue is so stilted that a brilliant and most experienced group of players could make but little of It. That Ronald Roberts, as John Lee, comes through as a human being, proves that he is one of the most promising of
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than to the realism of the better films of to-day. The story... doubtless contains good dramatic material, but Invicta Films, an Australian company, have so disguised it that it appears sillier than the creations of the hack scenario writer's fancy. The complicated story has been unwound in a
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As a production it is a retrogres-sive step in Australian effort. The old story of John Lee... has been amplified with a smuggling plot and much confusing mystery that leads nowhere and only serves to slow down the action. In dress and settings an effort has been made to preserve the English
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However, by the end of 1934 a trade paper reported it as having earned only £2,200 at the Australian box office with the possibility of this going up to £3,000 ("although it's doubtful") and the sale to England giving it a chance to recoup the budget. It is unclear whether this happened.
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Purely antiquarian. The very language of the characters is far-off and unreal... could have been directed in a more convincing way.. The one bright spot in the whole melancholy chronicle is the acting of Mr. Ron Roberts... Given better material, this young man could do some excellent
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observed a cinema in Perth reported the film "is once more demanding patronage... Well, well, there are some pictures that will never die." The film also reportedly did "big business" in Newcastle. BEF said it did well in Melbourne and Brisbane.
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said "The latest action has dealt a further blow to the confidence of local producers, who are emphatic that the gamut of censorial deliberations their pictures have to run is severe to a point of injustice."
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A few days prior to the film's premiere, the New South Wales police requested a number of cuts be made to the film regarding its depiction of the police. This was done, even though the film was set in England.
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summarised it as "A poor effort, prejudicial to the advancement of Australian production." A more detailed review stated it was unlikely to repeat the success of the silent versions:
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and produced the film under the name of 'Rigby C. Tearle'. The story had been filmed twice before to great box office success. Eric Bedford wrote the scenario.
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The production company responsible for the film, Invicta, was formed by J.A. Lipman, in 1933 with capital of £5,000. Lipman hired
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Some reels of the film were almost destroyed in a fire but survived. "The fellow always was lucky" quipped
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Longford was unable to attend the premiere due to illness. In Sydney is screened on a double bill with
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did say "the prison scenes are realistically done, and at times the tension is strong."
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The film obtained a small release in England where it also received bad reviews.
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The scene of Lee being releaed from prison was shot at Parramatta Gaol.
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dramatisation by Rigby C. Tearle of the autobiography of John Lee
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The Life Story of John Lee, or The Man They Could Not Hang
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Index

The Man They Could Not Hang

Raymond Longford
J.A. Lipman
George Malcolm
George Heath
British Empire Films
Raymond Longford
John Babbacombe Lee
1912
1921
Devonshire
John Babbacombe Lee
Arthur W. Sterry
Raymond Longford
Cinesound Productions
When the Kellys Rode
Arthur W. Sterry
Cinesound Varieties
The Streets of London
"Advertising"
The Sydney Morning Herald


"Counting the Cash in Australian Films"
"To Film "The Life Story of John Lee""
"The most profitable Australian film of all time – The Man They Could Not Hang"
"TERRIBLE MISCARRIAGE OF JUSTICE"
The Times and Northern Advertiser
"NEW REGISTRATIONS"

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