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Bulldog Drummond (1929 film) Bulldog Drummond is a Joan Bennett and Lilyan Tashman.
Drummond, Oklahoma Drummond is a town located in 2000 census, the town had a total population of 405.
Drummond Regional County Municipality, Quebec Drummond is a Drummondville.
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 Bulldog Drummond (1929 film) article - Bulldog Drummond (1929 film) 1929 Captain Hugh "Bulldog" Drummond Ronald Colman ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Bulldog Drummond is a 1929 detective film which tells the story of Captain Hugh "Bulldog" Drummond, a British officer bored with civilian life, who investigates an extortion case for a beautiful girl.
Two previous Bulldog Drummond films had been produced: Bulldog Drummond in 1923 and Bulldog Drummond's Third Round in 1925.
Following the 1929 talkie, a series of Drummond movies was produced, beginning with Temple Tower in 1930; see the main article on Bulldog Drummond for a complete list.
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 Bulldog - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Bulldog   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
The English Bulldog, often called simply the Bulldog, is a medium-sized dog breed that originated in the United Kingdom.
Bulldogs tend to have breathing problems, as their flat face restricts air.
Bulldogs were originally used for bullbaiting, in which trained bulldogs attacked and killed tied-up bulls for sport during the 17th century.
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 Ronald Colman. Who is Ronald Colman? What is Ronald Colman? Where is Ronald Colman? Definition of Ronald Colman. ...
Director Henry King saw him, and cast him in the 1923 film The White Sister, opposite Lillian Gish.
He became a very popular silent film star in both romantic and adventure films.
Ronald Colman died on May 19, 1958 and was interred in the Santa Barbara Cemetery, Santa Barbara, California.
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 Bulldog Drummond. Who is Bulldog Drummond? What is Bulldog Drummond? Where is Bulldog Drummond? Definition of Bulldog ...
Bulldog Drummond is a 1929 detective film which tells the story of a British officer, bored with civilian life, who investigates an extortion case for a beautiful girl.
Two previous Bulldog Drummond films had been produced -- Bulldog Drummond in 1923, starring Carlyle Blackwell Sr.
and Evelyn Greeley, adapted by B.E. Doxat-Pratt and directed by Oscar Apfel; and Bulldog Drummond's Third Round in 1925, starring Jack Buchanan and Betty Faire, adapted by Sidney Morgan from the novel by McNeile, and directed by Morgan.
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 Detective-Mystery Films
A related film sub-genre is that of spy films.
One of the earliest Holmes films was Albert Parker's silent 9-reeler Sherlock Holmes (1922) with John Barrymore.
Eight films (of the nine films) in the 15-year long series were from RKO, with one entry from Republic in 1943.
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 Adventure Films
Adventure films are very similar to the action film genre, in that they are designed to provide an action-filled, energetic experience for the film viewer.
Adventure films, in a broader context, could include boxing movies, motor racing films, and films adapted from literary novels (i.e., King Solomon's Mines (1937 and 1950), The Thief of Bagdad (1924 and 1940), The Three Musketeers (1916, 1921, 1933, 1935, 1948, 1973, and 1993), and The Prisoner of Zenda (1937, 1952)).
The film was remade in 1952 by director George Sidney - Scaramouche (1952), with Stewart Granger and Mel Ferrer in the lead roles - well-reknowned for a six-minute fencing duel.
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 British Bulldog   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
a popular emblem of Britain, and sometimes England, sometimes represented as a Bulldog in a Union Jack coat, and often pictured in cartoons to represent a British Churchillian spirit.
The British Bulldogs were the professional wrestling tag-team of David "Davey Boy" Smith and Tom "Dynamite Kid" Billington.
British Bulldogs, a game played in Britain, commonly by youth groups, involving a pitch or area demarked by two fixed lines on the ground, and often with no fixed width.
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 MoMA.org | Exhibitions Schedule | Film and Media | 2005 | To Save and Project: The Third MoMA International Festival of ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Spanning the history of the moving image, these preserved films are vivid reflectitons of the diverse cultures that produced them,making this annual Festival a tribute to the passion and commitment of film conservators and archivists around the world.
A lush, enveloping forest and a desolate dune form the backdrops to this filmed diptych that is at once a portrait study and a meditation on feminine identity.
Bulldog Drummond, 1920s detective hero, is transported to the Swinging Sixties to do battle with Nigel Green, an international archcriminal, and his bikini-clad hitwomen Elke Sommer and Sylva Koscina.
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 King Kong Description & Actress Filmography
She also appeared in horror films such as Doctor X (1932) and Vampire Bat, The (1933) and it is not known whether the Horror is script driven or work driven.
The film was neither a hit nor was it a launching vehicle for her career.
The films she appeared in during the latter 50s were not much to write home about.
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 The 39 Steps
The film's name - matching that of the spies' oganisation - is printed in a dynamic and three-dimensional lettering; on the other hand, the opening of the film proper consists of a lateral, effectively two-dimensional tracking shot along a row of lights spelling out the words 'music hall'.
By the same token, Drummond's opponents, who aren't averse to a spot of kidnapping, are roughly the equivalent of the gang in Hitchcock's film.
Drummond's principal opponent is Carl Peterson, and Peterson's female offsider, Irma, passes as his 'sister' - when it's clear that the pair are in fact lovers.
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 English Bulldog in TutorGig Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
A bulldog bond is a pound sterling denominated bond that is issued in London by a foreign institution or government.
Bulldog Drummond is a 1929 detective film which tells the story of Bulldog Drummond Captain Hugh Bulldog...
Bulldog Drummond s Third Round 1925 was the second film adaptation of the Bulldog Drummond character, starring Jack Buchanan and Betty Faire, adapted by Sidney Morgan from the novel The Third Round by H..
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Also, it is the first Hitchcock film to employ the 'wronged man' motif, when the jealous Pettigrew (Bernard Goetzke), local shopkeeper and Justice of the Peace, has his rival Fearogod (Malcolm Keen) arrested and thrown into prison on a trumped-up charge of murder.
The film is an antecedent of the equally sagacious The Trouble With Harry.
Otherwise, the film's iconography is virtually the same as both Tennyson's and Caine's, except that it adds the recurring image of a lighthouse whose revolving beam sweeps the darkness.
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 From Queens
Appearing in nearly 20 films and television shows in the 90's alone, Perkins’ is most memorable for her roles in He Said, She Said, Indian Summer, Crazy in Alabama and as Coral in Finding Nemo.
Being the first international film star, Mary was the first artist to have her name in marquee lights, and the first to officially cement hand and footprints at Grumman’s Chinese Theatre.
Appearing in silent films through 1919 before returning to film in 1926 for good, Robson was nominated for and Oscar for her 1933 role in Lady for a Day.
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 Denny Jackson's Joan Bennett Page
Joan's first film was one year later in a production called THE VALLEY OF DECISION, in which her father was the star and the entire Bennett participated.
In 1923, Joan, again, appeared in a film which starred her father.
The film wasn't one that Joan liked to remember and, also, was one in which Tracy couldn't stand the fact that everyone was paying more attention to her and not to him.
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 Bulldog clip   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
BULLDOG CLIPS 40 MM, 0.40, 0.45 BULLDOG CLIPS 50 MM, 0.53, 0.60.
Alternative bulldog clip option only on 60w spot, 100w spot, 50w low voltage 60w traditional spotlight, only available with a bulldog clip fitting.
A small "screen" of aluminium screwed to a small bulldog clip half covers to another bulldog clip and the liquid container could fit under the bar.
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 Silent Era : PSFL : Bulldog Drummond (1923)
A growing source of silent era film information.
This listing is from The Progressive Silent Film List by Carl Bennett.
The film was released at five reels in the USA on 3 December 1922 by W.W. Hodkinson.
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 ERBzin-e 607: ERB Screen Heroines
She retired completely from the film industry in 1931 and lived out the rest of her years in quiet obscurity.
Marian was much in demand for film roles throughout the twenties and made the successful transition to the "talkie" era.
She successfully made the transition into the "talkie" era but retired from films in 1934 and went on to write two books on investing and to marry two stockbrokers.
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BULLDOG DRUMMOND'S BRIDE (1939, 57 min.) James Hogan, H.B. Warner.
Daughter of a retired British music hall star is mistaken for her mother and it is thought she has discovered the secret of eternal youth.
Their last film, the comic duo inherit an island rich in uranium.
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 John Creasey
From 1923 to 1935 he worked in various clerical, factory, and sales jobs while trying to establish himself as a writer.
The hero of the novels was Patrick Dawlish, patterned after the well-known character of Bulldog Drummond.
The film was released in the United States as a second feature in fl-and-white prints, cut by a third to only fifty-four minutes and retitled Gideon of Scotland Yard.
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 The Hollywood Ten
The socially conscious films of American director, screenwriter and producer Herbert Biberman are perhaps best known in Europe as he was fllisted as one of the Hollywood Ten in 1950.
Though the film was backed by the miner's union and employed real workers and their families, other unions refused to show the film because Biberman was still fllisted.
In 1965, the film was finally released in the U.S. Four years later, Biberman made his last film, Slaves (1969), an adaptation of Uncle Tom's Cabin.
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 Encyclopedia: Bulldog Drummond (1923 film)
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Bulldog Drummond (1923) was the first film adaptation of the Bulldog Drummond character, starring Carlyle Blackwell Sr.
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 Amazon.com: Video: The White Sister (1923)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
Gish was no longer working with Griffith in 1923 when she made The White Sister for Inspiration Pictures (the film was quickly picked up for distribution by Metro Picture Corporation).
The White Sister, directed by Henry King, was filmed in Italy, predominantly in the beautiful locations of Rome and Naples.
But the film, shot on location in Italy, proved a great success in its initial New York showing and was picked up by Metro.
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 The Original Wold Newton Universe Crossover Chronology Part VI
John is the younger brother of Hugh "Bulldog" Drummond.
1923 - After crash-landing near the secret city of Shambala, Kent Allard is gifted with an age-delaying elixir used by the inhabitants of that city.
July-August 1923 - The Rats in the Walls, as told by H.P. Lovecraft.
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 Encyclopedia: Bulldog Drummond (1929 film)
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 Edward T Lowe Filmography - Time Out
Chris Tilly catches up with the sick and twisted individual responsible for the funniest film of the year.
Packed with news, reviews and listings on everything from film to theatre, music to nightlife, the arts to comedy and much more.
The annual Time Out Film Guide includes 15,000 films reviewed over the last 36 years by Time Out critics, covering every area of cinema: Hollywood mainstream and B-movie horrors, documentaries and avant garde, French, Far Eastern, classic silents and 1930s comedies.
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 Ronald Colman @ Filmbug UK   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
In the late 1940s, Colman starred in a radio series, The Halls of Ivy, which transitioned to television in 1954.
Academy Awards and Nominations: 1948 Won A Double Life, 1943 Nominated Random Harvest, 1930 Nominated Bulldog Drummond, 1930 Nominated Condemned
He has two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, one for motion pictures at 6801 Hollywood Blvd. and one for television at 1625 Vine Street.
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 The Pulp Heroes: S   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
The Scarlet Fox appeared in Black Mask during 1923, beginning with "The Trail of the Scarlet Fox" in Mask's 1 January issue, and was created by Eustace H. Ball (1881-1931), an author of mysteries and screenplays.
He's one of the first and most significant hard-boiled detectives, although he lacks the smart mouth and wise cracks that Philip Marlowe made de rigeur for the genre; likewise, Spade is more seedy and unlikeable than Marlowe and later hard-boileds.
The Honourable Timothy Overbury "Tiger" Standish is the son of the Earl of Quron, and a two-fisted, soccer-playing, bluff and hearty Bulldog Drummond-type, tall, virile, strong, well-dressed, and always ready to thrash those Bolshie and Continental blighters, and anyone else who would stand in England's way.
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 The Philly Wire: Ronald Colman
Director Henry King saw him, and cast him in the 1923 film ''The White Sister'', opposite Lillian Gish.He became a very popular silent film star in both romantic and adventure films.He successfully transitioned to talkies because of his powerful speaking voice.
Ronald Colman a movie star and actor who's career lasted for 50 years and was the most successful actor to transition from Silent to Sound films.
Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back one-sheet United Artists 1934...
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