The Mystery of the Hansom Cab is an Australian feature-length film directed by W. J. Lincoln based on the popular novel, which had also been adapted into a play.
You Killed Oliver Whyte – Death of Mark Frettleby – End of the Astounding Mystery[10][11] The team of Millard Johnson and William Gibson, in conjuction with the Tait brothers, were theatre entrepreneurs.
[12] Contemporary newspaper reports announcing the launch said the company had: The purpose of promoting the finest and best class of picture Entertainment yet seen in the Australian colonies.
With the capital at command, no endeavour will be spared to present to their patrons a standard of show that will eclipse all similar enterprises within the province of our own hemisphere.
[16] In 1924 "Nero" wrote to The Bulletin to say "the interiors... were taken in one day at a little back-yard studio in St. Kilda, and the exteriors at odd moments during the rest of the week.
Its thrilling incidents provide splendid material for a moving picture drama, and in obtaining the desired film the cinematograph experts have secured an excellent presentation of the features of the novel...
In April 1911 The Bulletin reported: West's, at Sydney Glaciarium, is booming with Fergus Hume's success, The Mystery of a Hansom Cab.