Temple Tower

Temple Tower
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	Fox Film Corporation
Distributed by	Fox Film Corporation
Release date	April 13, 1930 (1930-04-13)
Running time	58 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

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

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]

Plot

Bulldog Drummond goes up against a gang of jewel thieves led by Benjamin Blackton, and also a masked stranger who wants unhallowed revenge upon them.

Cast

• Kenneth MacKenna as Bulldog Drummond
• Marceline Day as Patricia Verney
• Henry B. Walthall as Blackton
• Cyril Chadwick as Peter Darrell
• Peter Gawthorne as Marrhews
• Ivan Linow as Gaspard
• Frank Lanning as The Nightingale
• Yorke Sherwood as Constable Muggins

References

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

Bibliography

• Backer. Ron. Mystery Movie Series of 1930s Hollywood. McFarland, 2012.

External links

• Temple Tower at IMDb
• Temple Tower at the TCM Movie Database
• Temple Tower at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films