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Auction History Result 6a092 BULLDOG JACK Belgian '40s Hulbert helps Fay Wray find kidnapped grandfather, different art! Date Sold 4/16/2017 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original 1940s (from the first release of this movie in Belgium) Vintage Theatrical Unfolded Belgian Movie Poster (measures 11 1/2" x 16 1/4" [29 x 41 cm]) (Learn More) Bulldog Jack (released in the U.S. as "Alias Bulldog Drummond"), the 1935 Walter Forde English detective mystery crime comedy (the real Bulldog Drummond is injured and he asks his friend Jack to take his place, and he does, helping solve the kidnapping of a jeweler by crooks who want him to make a forgery of expensive jewels) starring Jack Hulbert (in the title role as Jack Pennington), Fay Wray, Ralph Richardson, Claude Hulbert, Gibb McLaughlin, and Atholl Fleming (as Bulldog Drummond). Note that "Bulldog Drummond" was a fictional English detective who was created in 1920 in a magazine story by H.C. McNeile, who wrote under the pen name of "Sapper" He appeared in ten novels, short stories, and even stage plays. When McNeile passed away in 1937, his friend, Gerard Fairlie, wrote more stories between 1938 and 1954, and after that, other authors created even more stories. Drummond was a World War I veteran who is bored and becomes an amateur detective, and he marries his first client, who becomes his assistant. The first movie based on this character was in 1923, with Carlyle Blackwell in the lead role. There was one more silent with Jack Buchanan in the lead, and then Ronald Colman starred in the first sound version in 1929. There were 13 movies in the 1930s, many with John Howard in the lead role. The character was revived in 1947, and 5 movies were made between 1947 and 1951, with Ron Randell, Tom Conway, and Walter Pidgeon playing the leads. NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. If you know who did the art (if any), please let us know. Important Added Info: This poster is printed on the back of a timetable! Why is this? During World War II, there were massive paper shortages in Belgium. Where Belgian movie posters had previously been approximately 23" x 32", there was such a shortage of paper that not only did they often have to print them on the back of other posters or maps, but during World War II, the size of the posters shrank dramatically, with some of them as small as 11" x 15". This situation continued even after World War II, until around 1946 or 1947, when they began making Belgian movie posters in a size of roughly 14" x 22", which became the standard size, and continued for decades! The posters like these that are from during World War II or immediately after, and which are printed in a small size (often on the back of other posters or maps) are INCREDIBLY rare (surely they did not print many, and surely many of them were soon recycled themselves! Condition: fair to good. The poster was printed on the back of part of a timetable (see above). Unfortunately the timetable had a grid with numbers inside of it and you can clearly see the grid from the front of the poster, including in Tolbert's face. Other examples of this poster might well have this same defect (or something similar), but it is quite noticeable (see our image). Learn More about condition grades 
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