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Wikipedia article
'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.[https://web.archive.org/web/20100424060915/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/53517 'Temple Tower' entry], ftvdb.bfi.org.uk; accessed July 23, 2015. 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'.Backer p.42
Although described as lost,Backer p.42 the film still survives, with copies held in the UCLA Archives.https://cinema.library.ucla.edu/vwebv/search?searchArg=temple+tower&searchCode=FTIT*&setLimit=1&recCount=50&searchType=1&page.search.search.button=Search
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
Bibliography
* Backer. Ron. 'Mystery Movie Series of 1930s Hollywood'. McFarland, 2012.
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