Bulldog Drummond
(1929)
80 mins | Melodrama | 3 August 1929
Director:
F. Richard JonesProducer:
Samuel GoldwynCinematographers:
George S. Barnes , Gregg TolandEditors:
Frank Lawrene, Viola LawrenceProduction Company:
Howard Productions, Inc.According to a production directory in the 9 Mar 1929 Exhibitors Herald-World, the starting date for Bulldog Drummond was 1 Feb 1929.
Bulldog Drummond was the first sound and dialogue picture of popular British-born actor Ronald Colman. Colman received a Best Actor Academy Award nomination for his collective work on this film and Condemned (See Entry). The 1921 play Bulldog Drummond by H. C. "Sapper" McNeile, starring Gerald Du Maurier, was the first stage adaption of Sapper's popular novel Bull-dog Drummond (New York, 1919). The play opened on Broadway on 26 Dec 1921.
Voted one of the Ten Best Pictures of 1929 by a FD poll, announced in its 7 Feb 1930 issue.
The 1929 film marked the first appearance of the "Captain Hugh ‘Bulldog’ Drummond" character in an American film, although the character had appeared in the 1922 British picture Bulldog Drummond, starring Carlyle Blackwell, as well as the 1925 British film Bulldog Drummond's Third Round, starring Jack Buchanan. Colman reprised his role as Drummond in the 1934 Samuel Goldwyn production Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back, directed by Roy Del Ruth. For information on that film, as well as other films and novels featuring the character, please consult the entry below.
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According to a production directory in the 9 Mar 1929 Exhibitors Herald-World, the starting date for Bulldog Drummond was 1 Feb 1929.
Bulldog Drummond was the first sound and dialogue picture of popular British-born actor Ronald Colman. Colman received a Best Actor Academy Award nomination for his collective work on this film and Condemned (See Entry). The 1921 play Bulldog Drummond by H. C. "Sapper" McNeile, starring Gerald Du Maurier, was the first stage adaption of Sapper's popular novel Bull-dog Drummond (New York, 1919). The play opened on Broadway on 26 Dec 1921.
Voted one of the Ten Best Pictures of 1929 by a FD poll, announced in its 7 Feb 1930 issue.
The 1929 film marked the first appearance of the "Captain Hugh ‘Bulldog’ Drummond" character in an American film, although the character had appeared in the 1922 British picture Bulldog Drummond, starring Carlyle Blackwell, as well as the 1925 British film Bulldog Drummond's Third Round, starring Jack Buchanan. Colman reprised his role as Drummond in the 1934 Samuel Goldwyn production Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back, directed by Roy Del Ruth. For information on that film, as well as other films and novels featuring the character, please consult the entry below.
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Bored with civilian life in London after World War I, Bulldog Drummond, a young British Army officer, advertises for adventure. His advertisement is answered by Phyllis Benton, a young American who wants Drummond to free her uncle, Hiram J. Travers, from an insane asylum where he is being held prisoner by Dr. Lakington, a sadistic physician, and his confederate, Peterson. Lakington's intention is to torture Travers into signing away his fortune. After several thrilling experiences, Drummond and his friend Algy kidnap Travers, unconscious in a drug-induced coma, and thereby he wins Phyllis' love and Travers' ...
Bored with civilian life in London after World War I, Bulldog Drummond, a young British Army officer, advertises for adventure. His advertisement is answered by Phyllis Benton, a young American who wants Drummond to free her uncle, Hiram J. Travers, from an insane asylum where he is being held prisoner by Dr. Lakington, a sadistic physician, and his confederate, Peterson. Lakington's intention is to torture Travers into signing away his fortune. After several thrilling experiences, Drummond and his friend Algy kidnap Travers, unconscious in a drug-induced coma, and thereby he wins Phyllis' love and Travers' gratitude.
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