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Bulldog Drummond is a British fictional character created by "Sapper," a pseudonym of Herman Cyril McNeile (1888-1937), in imitation of the hard boiled noir-style detectives appearing in contemporary American fiction. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located A pseudonym is a fictitious alternative to a person's legal name (see Alias) Herman Cyril McNeile MC ( September 28, 1888 - August 14, 1937) was a British author who published under the Pen name For the Frank Miller and Geof Darrow Comic book, see Hard Boiled (comic. Film noir is a cinematic term used primarily to describe stylish Hollywood crime dramas, particularly those that emphasize moral ambiguity and sexual motivation The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The stories followed Captain Hugh "Bulldog" Drummond, D.S.O., M.C., a wealthy former WWI officer of the Loamshire Regiment, who, after the war, spends his new-found leisure time as a private detective. The Distinguished Service Order ( DSO) is a Military decoration of the United Kingdom, and formerly of other Commonwealth countries awarded for The Military Cross ( MC) is the third level Military decoration awarded to officers and (since 1993 other ranks of the British Army and formerly also to World War I (abbreviated WWI; also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All Loamshire Regiment is a Placeholder name used by the British Army to provide examples for its procedures

Drummond is a proto-James Bond figure and a crudely debased version of the imperial adventurers depicted by the likes of John Buchan. James Bond 007 is a Fictional character created in 1953 by writer Ian Fleming, who featured him in twelve Novels and two Short story John Buchan 1st Baron Tweedsmuir GCMG GCVO CH PC ( August 26, 1875 &ndash February 11, 1940 In terms of the detective genre, the first Bulldog Drummond novel was published after the Sherlock Holmes stories, the Nayland Smith/Fu Manchu novels and Richard Hannay's first three adventures including The Thirty Nine Steps. Sherlock Holmes is a famous fictional detective of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries who first appeared in Publication in 1887 Dr Fu Manchu is a Fictional character first featured in a series of novels by English author Sax Rohmer during the first half of the 20th century Major-General Sir Richard Hannay, KCB, OBE, DSO, Legion of Honour, is the Fictional Secret agent created by Scottish The Thirty-nine Steps is an adventure Novel by the Scottish author (and future Governor General of Canada John Buchan, first published The character first appeared in the novel Bulldog Drummond (1920), and this was followed by a lengthy series of books and adaptations for films, radio and television.

"Drummond. . . has the appearance of an English gentleman: a man who fights hard, plays hard and lives clean. . . His best friend would not call him good-looking but he possess that cheerful type of ugliness which inspires immediate confidence . . . Only his eyes redeem his face. Deep-set and steady, with eyelashes that many women envy, they show him to be a sportsman and an adventurer. Drummond goes outside the law when he feels the ends justify the means. " [1]

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Literary significance and criticism

Although typical for the period (and similar in this respect to John Buchan), McNeile's works are, to a modern reader, strongly laced with jingoism and racism and have many unflattering references to foreigners (especially Germans) and to Jews in particular. Jingoism is defined in the Oxford English Dictionary as "extreme Patriotism in the form of aggressive foreign policy" List of racism-related topics|Racism by country Racism, by its simplest definition is the belief that race is the primary determinant of human traits and capacities and that For example, in "The Final Count", Robin Gaunt muses in his diary: "And if once the secret [a deadly new poison] was handed over to a nation which could not be trusted to use it the way in which I intended - God help the world. I imagined Russia possessing it - Russia ruled by its clique of homicidal alien Jews. " And earlier in the book, one of Drummond's companions disguises himself as "a nasty-looking little Jew". And in "The Female of the Species" Drummond disguises himself as a black henchman of the villainous Irma and, revealing himself to Irma his astonished companions, explains: "Every beard is not false, but every nigger smells. That beard ain't false, dearie, and dis nigger don't smell. So I'm thinking there's something wrong somewhere. " Drummond fought a number of villains from all countries with equal zeal.

After McNeile's death in 1937, his friend Gerard Fairlie continued to write stories based on the character. Gerard Fairlie ( 1 November 1899 - 12 April 1983) was an author and scriptwriter on whom Sapper ( H

Influences

Bulldog Drummond undoubtedly had influences on the pulp heroes, notably Doc Savage. Doc Savage is a Fictional character, one of the Pulp heroes of the 1930s and 1940s Like Savage, Drummond was a muscular man with a group of followers who helped him in his adventures. They rounded up crooks and took them to a place only they knew and reformed them. Doc Savage had a clinic upstate and used brain surgery to do the job. Drummond and his men, the "Black Gang", beat the bejabbers out of the men till they learned their lesson and renounced crime.

The first four books dealt with Drummond up against Carl Peterson who was killed in the fourth book. In the fifth book, the title refers to the female of the species being more deadly than the male which in this case is Peterson's (presumed — their relationship is never explicitly stated) wife Irma, who proves a very dangerous adversary in a number of following books and wants to murder Drummond for killing her husband.

On the cover of The Black Gang novel were mystery men wearing black cloaks and "slouch" hats, with guns, a guise that would be adopted by The Shadow nine years later.

Novels

Short stories by McNeile

Films

Radio and television

A Bulldog Drummond radio serial ran on the Mutual Broadcasting System from 1941 to 1954. Year 1929 ( MCMXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1932 ( MCMXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1933 ( MCMXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1935 ( MCMXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1937 ( MCMXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1938 ( MCMXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Gerard Fairlie ( 1 November 1899 - 12 April 1983) was an author and scriptwriter on whom Sapper ( H Year 1939 ( MCMXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar Year 1947 ( MCMXLVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1949 ( MCMXLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1951 ( MCMLI) was a Common year starting on Monday. Events of 1951 January Year 1954 ( MCMLIV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1954 Gregorian calendar) Year 1966 ( MCMLXVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Bulldog Drummond ( 1923) was the first film adaptation of the Bulldog Drummond Fictional character, starring Carlyle Blackwell Sr Year 1923 ( MCMXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Bulldog Drummond's Third Round ( 1925) was the second Silent film adaptation of the Bulldog Drummond character starring Jack Buchanan Year 1925 ( MCMXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Bulldog Drummond is a 1929 detective film which tells the story of Captain Hugh "Bulldog" Drummond, a British officer bored with civilian life Year 1929 ( MCMXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1930 ( MCMXXX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1934 ( MCMXXXIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full 1934 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back is a 1934 American mystery /adventure film directed by Roy Del Ruth. Year 1934 ( MCMXXXIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full 1934 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Bulldog Jack is a 1935 film produced by Gaumont International, directed by Walter Forde, and starring Jack Hulbert, Fay Wray Year 1935 ( MCMXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Bulldog Drummond's Revenge is a 1937 black and white detective Film directed by Louis King, produced by Stuart Walker ‎ and written Year 1937 ( MCMXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1937 ( MCMXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1937 ( MCMXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1937 ( MCMXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1938 ( MCMXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1938 ( MCMXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Bulldog Drummond's Secret Police is a 1939 American country house murder Mystery film directed by James Patrick Hogan, based on an H Year 1939 ( MCMXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1939 ( MCMXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1939 ( MCMXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1940 ( MCMXL) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back is a 1934 American mystery /adventure film directed by Roy Del Ruth. Year 1947 ( MCMXLVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1947 ( MCMXLVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1948 ( MCMXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1948 ( MCMXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1951 ( MCMLI) was a Common year starting on Monday. Events of 1951 January Deadlier Than the Male is a 1967 British Action film featuring the character of Bulldog Drummond. Year 1966 ( MCMLXVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. Some Girls Do is a 1969 British Comedy Spy film directed by Ralph Thomas. Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Mutual Broadcasting System ( MBS) was an American Radio network, in operation from 1934 to 1999 Bulldog was portrayed by Ned Weaver.

A 30-minute episode of Douglas Fairbanks Jr Presents featured Bulldog Drummond in "The Ludlow Affair" (1957). Douglas Elton Fairbanks Jr, KBE, DSC ( December 9, 1909 &ndash May 7, 2000) was an American Actor Though Drummond (Robert Beatty) was little more than a detective in London, aided by Kelly (Michael Ripper), it was well done and deserved a series. Robert Beatty ( 19 October, 1909 – 3 March 1992) was a Canadian actor who worked in Film, Television and Radio Michael Ripper ( January 27 1913 &ndash June 28 2000) was an English Character actor born in Portsmouth. This episode is available on DVD.

Later incarnations

Pop culture

Despite his questionable attitudes, Bulldog Drummond still appears as a popular culture reference. He is one of the heroes mentioned in The Coasters' 1957 hit "Searchin'":

No matter where she's a-hidin', she's gonna hear me a-comin'
Gonna walk right down that street like Bulldog Drummond!

Bulldog (Drummond) is also one of the nicknames proposed by Jumbo for former British spy turned teacher Jim Prideaux in John le Carré's Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy. The Coasters are a Rhythm and Blues / Rock and roll vocal group that had a string of hits in the late 1950s John le Carré is the Pseudonym of David John Moore Cornwell (born October 19, 1931 in Poole, Dorset, England Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy is a Spy novel by John le Carré, first published in 1974 This reflects his jingoistic spirit and determined attitude towards life, although Jim is not wealthy.

References

  1. ^ Penzler, Otto, et al. Detectionary. Woodstock, New York: Overlook Press, 1977. ISBN 0-87951-041-2
  2. ^ a b Roseman, Mill et al. Detectionary. New York: Overlook Press, 1971. ISBN 0-87951-041-2

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