The Life Story of John Lee, or The Man They Could Not Hang (1921 film)

The Life Story of John Lee, or The Man They Could Not Hang
Directed by Arthur W. Sterry
Produced by Arthur W. Sterry
Frederick Haldane
Written by Arthur W. Sterry
Cinematography Tasman Higgins
Release date(s) 1921
Country Australia
Language Silent film
English intertitles

The Life Story of John Lee, or the Man They Could Not Hang is a 1921 Australian silent film based on the true life story of John Babbacombe Lee. It is a remake of a 1912 film with some extra scenes of Lee's childhood. The movie proved very popular at the box office. There was another version of the story in 1934, The Man They Could Not Hang. [1][2]

References

  1. ^ Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production, Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998, 111.
  2. ^ Biography of Arthur Sterry [1]

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