Temple Tower

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Temple Tower
Temple Tower film poster.jpg
Directed by Donald Gallaher
Written by Llewellyn Hughes
Based on Temple Tower
by Herman C. McNeile
Produced by William Fox
Starring Kenneth MacKenna
Marceline Day
Peter Gawthorne
Cinematography Charles G. Clarke
Edited by Clyde Carruth
Music by George Lipschultz
Production
company
Distributed byFox Film Corporation
Release date
  • April 13, 1930 (1930-04-13)
Running time
58 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Temple Tower is a 1930 American pre-Code crime film directed by Donald Gallaher and starring Kenneth MacKenna, Marceline Day. and Peter Gawthorne.

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The film depicts the character of Bulldog Drummond, a British adventurer and is based on the 1929 novel Temple Tower by Herman Cyril McNeile. [1] It is sandwiched between more celebrated portrayals of the character by Ronald Colman in two United Artists films Bulldog Drummond and Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back . [2]

Although described as lost, [2] the film still survives, with copies held in the UCLA Archives. [3]

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References

  1. Temple Tower entry, ftvdb.bfi.org.uk; accessed July 23, 2015.
  2. 1 2 Backer p.42
  3. "Welcome to UC Library Search!".

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