Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna 1929 McNeile akagadzira vhoriyamu yenhau pfupi kubva kuna O. Henry, "The Best of O. Henry"; nyaya dzacho dzakanga dzamushandira somuenzaniso paakatanga somunyori. Gore rimwe chetero, firimu rinonzi "Bulldog Drummond" rakabudiswa, Ronald Colman ari mutambi mukuru. Colman akasarudzwa kuti awane mubairo weOscar weBest Actor pa3rd Academy Awards
mhemberero. Firimu racho rakawana $750,000 pamabhokisi emahofisi, uye McNeile akagamuchira mari inofungidzirwa kuva £5,000 nokuda kwekodzero dzebhuku rake. Mugore rimwe chetero akanyora mutambo wake wechipiri "The Way Out" uyo wakaitwa paComedy Theatre muna Ndira 1930. Rinenge gore rimwe gare gare iye nomudzimai wake vakadzokera kuEngland, uye vakagara pedyo nePulborough, West Sussex.