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Auction History Result 7a0819 TEETH OF THE TIGER linen 1sh 1919 master thief Arsene Lupin in his 1st US feature, ultra rare! Date Sold 8/4/2024 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Linenbacked One-Sheet Movie Poster (1sh; measures 28 1/2" x 42" [72 x 107 cm]) (Learn More) The Teeth of the Tiger, the 1919 Chester Withey (billed as "Chet Withey") silent master thief crime mystery melodrama ("An Arsene Lupin story"; "The only clue to the murderer of Henry Forbes, the teeth marks on the apple"; in this movie, the former master thief turned detective is retired, but he goes to the house of his wealthy invalid friend, who fears for his life, but while he is there, the friend is killed, and of course, the house is filled with many suspects, all of whom had reason to want him dead, and the police are no help, but in the end, Arsene Lupin solves the murder, with the help of an apple found at the scene of the crime, with teeth marks of the murderer in it) starring David Powell (as Arsene Lupin), Marguerite Courtot, Templar Saxe, Myrtle Stedman, and Joseph Herbert. Note that the character Arsene Lupin was created by French author Maurice Leblanc in a magazine story in 1905, and the first movie version with this character was in 1909, but this was the first American feature with this master thief (he would be later played by John Barrymore in the classic 1932 movie). Also, note that this is a "lost" film which means that no surviving copies are thought to exist. NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. If you know who did the art (if any), please let us know. Important Added Info: Note that first release 1919 movie paper from this movie is incredibly rare. We have only previously auctioned a different style one-sheet (which has a far less interesting image than this one), a lobby card, and a pressbook from this movie until we received this one-sheet, which has a completely different (and more striking) image than the one we previously auctioned (it actually shows the "only clue" to the murder, which is the murderer's teeth marks on the apple!). Also note that this one-sheet measures 28 1/2" x 42" [72 x 107 cm]. What IS linenbacking? Learn More Overall Condition and Pre-Restoration Defects with Quality of Restoration: very good. The poster had areas of paper loss scattered in the right half of the top fold, and tears and tiny paper loss in the middle fold, and pretty minor wear on the rest of the folds and in the borders. Overall, the poster was in good to very good condition prior to linenbacking. The poster was nicely backed and the above defects were expertly repaired by a top professional, and it displays really well! Learn More about condition grades 
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