Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: N'afọ 1929 McNeile dezigharịrị mpịakọta nke akụkọ dị mkpirikpi sitere n'aka O. Henry, "The Best of O. Henry"; akụkọ ndị ahụ bụụrụ ya ihe nlereanya mgbe ọ malitere dị ka onye edemede. N'otu afọ ahụ, a tọhapụrụ ihe nkiri "Bulldog Drummond", nke Ronald Colman na-egwu na ya. A họpụtara Colman maka ihe nrite Academy Award maka Best Actor na
Emume nrite Academy nke atọ. Ihe nkiri ahụ nwetara $750,000 na igbe ọfịs, na McNeile natara ihe ruru £5,000 maka ikike akwụkwọ akụkọ ya. N'otu afọ ahụ o dere ihe nkiri nke abụọ ya "The Way Out" nke e mere na Comedy Theatre na Jenụwarị 1930. Ihe dị ka otu afọ mgbe e mesịrị, ya na nwunye ya laghachiri England, ma biri n'ebe dị nso Pulborough, West Sussex.