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BULLDOG DRUMMOND COMES BACK BULLDOG DRUMMOND COMES BACK 1sh OR search current auctions Auction History Result 5d0153 BULLDOG DRUMMOND COMES BACK 1sh 1937 John Howard in title role, Barrymore, ultra rare! Date Sold 7/26/2020 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Folded One-Sheet Movie Poster (1sh; measures 27" x 41" [69 x 104 cm]) (Learn More) Bulldog Drummond Comes Back, the 1937 Louis King detective mystery crime thriller ("A real action drama full of fun and thrills!"; "Based on 'The Female of the Species' by H.C. [Sapper] McNeile") starring John Barrymore, John Howard (in the title role as Bulldog Drummond), Louise Campbell, Reginald Denny, E.E. Clive, and J. Carrol Naish. Note that "Bulldog Drummond" was a fictional English detective who was created in 1920 in a magazine story by H.C. McNeile, who wrote under the pen name of "Sapper" He appeared in ten novels, short stories, and even stage plays. When McNeile passed away in 1937, his friend, Gerard Fairlie, wrote more stories between 1938 and 1954, and after that, other authors created even more stories. Drummond was a World War I veteran who is bored and becomes an amateur detective, and he marries his first client, who becomes his assistant. The first movie based on this character was in 1923, with Carlyle Blackwell in the lead role. There was one more silent with Jack Buchanan in the lead, and then Ronald Colman starred in the first sound version in 1929. There were 13 movies in the 1930s, many with John Howard in the lead role. The character was revived in 1947, and 5 movies were made between 1947 and 1951, with Ron Randell, Tom Conway, and Walter Pidgeon playing the leads. NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. If you know who did the art (if any), please let us know. Important Added Info: Note that this is an extremely rare poster. We have only auctioned one in all our years of auctioning and that was in 2015 (and that poster was glued to a board)! Condition: fair to good. The poster has many staple holes around the edges, including in the image, with some tears caused by rough removal of the staples. There are small tears and tiny paper loss on parts of the folds and many pinholes and tears in the first "M" of "DRUMMOND" and in the "M" of "COMES" below it, with some small stains in some of the rest of the letters. Obviously this extremely rare poster can be "rescued", but bear the above in mind before bidding on it. Learn More about condition grades 
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