Buuxi weedhan soo socota: Sanadkii 1929 McNeile wuxuu soo saaray buug sheekooyin gaagaaban ah oo ka yimid O. Henry, "The Best of O. Henry"; sheekooyinku waxay u adeegeen sidii tusaalooyin isaga markii uu bilaabay qoraa ahaan. Isla sanadkaas, filimka "Bulldog Drummond" ayaa la sii daayay, oo uu jilayo Ronald Colman doorka cinwaanka. Colman waxaa loo magacaabay abaalmarinta Akadeemiyada ee Jilaaga ugu Fiican
Xafladdii Sadexaad ee Abaalmarinta Akadeemiyada Filimku wuxuu kasbaday $ 750,000 xafiiska sanduuqa, McNeile wuxuu helay qiyaastii £ 5,000 xuquuqda buugiisa. Isla sanadkaas wuxuu qoray riwaayaddiisii labaad ee "The Way Out" oo lagu soo bandhigay Tiyaatarka majaajillada Janaayo 1930. Hal sano kadib isaga iyo xaaskiisa waxay dib ugu laabteen England, waxayna degeen meel u dhow Pulborough, West Sussex.