Temple Tower

{{short description|1930 film by Donald Gallaher}}

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{{Infobox film

| name = Temple Tower

| image = File:Temple Tower film poster.jpg

| caption =

| director = Donald Gallaher

| producer = William Fox

| based_on = {{based on|Temple Tower|Herman C. McNeile}}

| writer = Llewellyn Hughes

| starring = Kenneth MacKenna
Marceline Day
Peter Gawthorne

| music = George Lipschultz

| cinematography = Charles G. Clarke

| editing = Clyde Carruth

| studio = Fox Film Corporation

| distributor = Fox Film Corporation

| released = {{Film date|1930|04|13}}

| runtime = 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.[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, the film still survives, with copies held in the UCLA Archives.{{Cite web|url=https://cinema.library.ucla.edu/vwebv/search?searchArg=temple+tower&searchCode=FTIT*&setLimit=1&recCount=50&searchType=1&page.search.search.button=Search|title=Welcome to UC Library Search!}}

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Bibliography

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