Temple Tower

Temple Tower
Directed byDonald Gallaher
Written byLlewellyn Hughes
Based onTemple Tower
by Herman C. McNeile
Produced byWilliam Fox
StarringKenneth MacKenna
Marceline Day
Peter Gawthorne
CinematographyCharles G. Clarke
Edited byClyde Carruth
Music byGeorge 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.

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

Cast

References

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

Bibliography

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


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