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Auction History Result 9k097 BULLDOG DRUMMOND'S SECRET POLICE 8 LCs 1940 great images of John Howard, Heather Angel, rare! Date Sold 9/20/2018 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. 8 Original Vintage Theatrical Movie Lobby Cards (LCs; measure 11" x 14" [28 x 36 cm]) (Learn More) Bulldog Drummond's Secret Police, the 1939 James P. Hogan England Scotland Yard detective wedding romantic crime mystery thriller ("Based on 'Temple Tower' by H.C. [Sapper] McNeile") starring John Howard (in the title role as Bulldog Drummond), Heather Angel, H.B. Warner, Reginald Denny, E.E. Clive, and Leo G. Carroll. 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. Important Added Info: Note that this a very rare complete set of lobby cards for this movie (we have never auctioned a complete set of cards for this title in all of our years of auctioning!) Condition: good to very good. A few of the cards have tiny pinholes around the edges (see our image). The card with the close-up of Angel and Howard and the card with the cast in the water have a few scuff marks scattered in portions of the image. The cards from the rare complete set are otherwise in pretty nice condition and they have no tape whatsoever on the front or back, and they never have had any restoration of any kind! Learn More about condition grades 
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