The filmgoers' annual (1932)

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44 The Filmgoers' Annual H E Lyons Mail" is one of the most celebrated dramas on the English speaking stage. It is a notable circumstance that it should be translated into a talking picture with Sir John Martin Harvey in the leading part. The story of " The Lyons Mail " is founded on fact. It is a drama of two men, one being an honest merchant who is condemned to death for a crime he did not commit, and the other being a | THE LYONS MAIL— villainous drunkard and the real criminal. Actually, the innocent man was executed for the crime of which he was innocent, but in the picture, as in the play, reality is gilded with a romantic ending. The cast supporting Sir John Martin Harvey includes Ben Webster, Norah Baring, Michael Hogan and Moore Marriatt, who is the most splendidly versatile character actor in British talking pictures and is . *v probably the most neglected.