eMoviePoster.comAuction History Result 5z452 BULLDOG DRUMMOND STRIKES BACK pressbook + herald '34 detective Ronald Colman, Loretta Young Date Sold 2/16/2014Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Movie Pressbook (pb; measures 12" x 18" [30 x 46 cm]; 16 pages). Also included are 2 ad supplements that have 4 pages and 4 pages, and also a herald that has 4 pages. (Learn More) Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back, the 1934 Roy Del Ruth detective crime mystery comedy ("Based on the novel by H.C. McNeile"; produced by Darryl F. Zanuck) starring Ronald Colman (in the title role as Bulldog Drummond), Loretta Young, Warner Oland (best remembered as Charlie Chan in the 20th Century Fox series), Charles Butterworth, Una Merkel, C. Aubrey Smith, Mischa Auer, Lucille Ball (in an early uncredited role!), George Regas, and E.E. Clive. 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. Important Added Info: Note that when studios would prepare pressbooks they would often include a sample of the herald. Most often, the herald is no longer still with the pressbook. Sometimes, the herald by itself will sell for almost as much as the rest of the entire pressbook! This pressbook contains the original herald which is pictured next to the pressbook below. Also note that pressbooks were prepared prior to a movie being released. Often, changes would be made in a movie advertising campaign (billing of actors, different images, etc.), and the theaters would print up special supplements that they would send out with the pressbooks that had already been printed. These supplements are very rare, far more rare than the pressbooks themselves! Some pressbooks would have no supplements, some would have one, and some would have several. Almost every Academy Award winning movie would have a special "Academy Award winner" supplement. Also note that we have provided an image of the front and back covers of this pressbook, and of course, the winner of this auction will receive the entire single pressbook we are auctioning (plus any supplements or heralds described above)! Condition: good, WITH CUTS. There is a 2" x 8" cut from one of the interior pages that affects two newspaper stories, but otherwise, the pressbook is in pretty nice condition. It was folded across the middle and has some separation at the spine. Learn More about condition grades
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