eMoviePoster.comWhat are the objects in the corners of some images? Learn More This is an eMoviePoster.com stock image. What does this mean? Auction History Result TEMPLE TOWER pressbook Date Sold 4/1/1998Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Movie Pressbook (Learn More) Temple Tower, the 1930 Donald Gallaher detective mystery crime thriller (based on the novel by H.C. McNeile) starring Kenneth MacKenna (as Bulldog Drummond), Marceline Day, Henry B. Walthall, Cyril Chadwick, and Peter Gawthorne. 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. Condition: No condition recorded.
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