Product Details

• Actors: Ronald Colman, Claud Allister, Lawrence Grant, Montagu Love, Wilson Benge
• Directors: F. Richard Jones
• Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, Original recording reissued, NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
• VHS Release Date: November 7, 2000
• Run Time: 89 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00004Y87C
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #200,929 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Sophisticated Action/Comedy: They Don't Make 'Em Like This, August 7, 1999

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This review is from: Bulldog Drummond [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Bulldog Drummond was indeed made in 1929, yet after watching this early talking picture, it's hard to contemplate that it was made then. It is so sophisticated and daring for its time that you feel that it was made at least in the 50's! The acting efforts of Ronald Colman and Joan Bennett are fabulous. The last line of the film is perhaps the best tagline of all movies made. This picture is sort of like a Citizen Kane of England. A marvel it is!

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Ronald Colman is the first "talking" Bulldog Drummond, June 16, 2001

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Lawrance M. Bernabo (The Zenith City, Duluth, Minnesota) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Bulldog Drummond [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Producer Samuel Goldwyn wanted to make sure Ronald Colman's first talking picture was a success, which explains why he hired Sidney Howard and Wallace Smith to write the screenplay for this 1929 film directed by F. Richard Jones. Colman plays Hugh "Bulldog" Drummond, a British veteran of the Great War who is bored and looking for some excitement now that he is back in civilian life. So when young Phyllis Benton (Joan Bennett) needs his help in freeing her uncle from a nursing home from the evil Erma Peterson (Lilyan Tashman) and Carl Peterson (Montagu Love--yes the names of the actors sound more evil than their characters), our hero jumps at the chance for action. It seems the villains are trying to use nefarious means to get the uncle's fortune. The result is a fairly comic game of cat and mouse between Bulldog and the girl against the not too bright villains. Our hero and the lady are forced to make a couple of exciting last second escapes, always employing a nice deftness that gives the proceedings a touch of class. However, it is impossible not to recognize that this is a very early talking film every time all of the actors huddle around some object that is hiding the microphone. Colman received an Oscar nomination for his performance, as did William Cameron Menzies for the Art Direction. A lot of actors played Bulldog Drummond over the years, including Ralph Richardson and Ray Milland, but none of them had the elegance and panache of Colman. In 1934 Colman made "Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back."

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars GOLDWYN AND COLMAN, May 19, 2000

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This review is from: Bulldog Drummond [VHS] (VHS Tape)

After advertising for adventure, ex-war hero Colman is approached by American Bennett whose uncle is being held prisoner. Colman's pleasing, euphonic voice enchanted audiences in 1929; many great silent star's careers were over the moment they spoke for the microphone! The lack of action is offset by Colman's grand performance which was true to the original Drummond character. This rather stiff early talkie is consistently interesting, however a sequel, BULLDOG DRUMMOND STRIKES BACK (1934) is even better!