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Auction History Result 1e336 CALLING BULLDOG DRUMMOND 22 8x10 stills '51 detective Walter Pidgeon, Margaret Leighton! Date Sold 8/24/2014 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. 22 Original Vintage Theatrical 8" x 10" [20 x 25 cm] Movie Stills (Learn More) Calling Bulldog Drummond, the 1951 Victor Saville English London England Scotland Yard detective mystery crime thriller ("MGM's NEW drama of Scotland Yard's Master Manhunt!"; "Radar robberies by commando gangsters! Short wave radio solves $2,000,000 gold robbery! Walkie-Talkie raiders terrorize metropolis! The lady detective is beautiful!"; "Based on the story by Gerard Fairlie") starring Walter Pidgeon (in the title role as Bulldog Drummond), Margaret Leighton, Robert Beatty, David Tomlinson, and Peggy Evans. 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 there are 17 different stills and five duplicate still(s) in this lot (not pictured). Please do not bid on this lot thinking you will receive 22 different stills. SUPER IMPORTANT! THOUGH ONLY EIGHT OF THE STILLS ARE PICTURED, THE HIGH BIDDER ON THIS LOT WILL RECEIVE 22 STILLS FROM THIS MOVIE (but realize that on some of these lots with 9 or more stills there may be a few duplicates, mostly on post-1960 lots)! We realize there is an element of gambling to this, but we made only a small effort to find the best stills in these lots, and, if you have any willingness to gamble at all, you may find that you get some great stills that were not pictured! Please do NOT bid on this lot unless you can accept that you are only seeing eight of the stills. Condition: good to very good. Each has some light creases and scuffs scattered throughout but overall they are generally in pretty nice condition. Learn More about condition grades 
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