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Auction History Result 4h011 FATAL HOUR 1sh R50 cool artwork of Boris Karloff as mustachiod Chinese detective Mr. Wong! Date Sold 3/24/2009 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. A 1950 Re-release Vintage Theatrical Folded One-Sheet Movie Poster (1sh; measures 27" x 41") (Learn More) The Fatal Hour, the 1940 William Nigh Asian detective crime mystery murder thriller ("Original story by Hugh Wiley") starring Boris Karloff (as Mr. Wong), Marjorie Reynolds, Grant Withers, Charles Trowbridge, Frank Puglia, and Richard Loo. Note that there was a character called "Mr. Wong" in the 1935 movie "The Mysterious Mr. Wong", and he was played by Bela Lugosi. In 1938, "Mr. Wong, Detective" was made, starring Boris Karloff in the title role, and this Mr. Wong was an Chinese detective and had no relationship to the earlier Bela Lugosi character (this was based on a series of "James Lee Wong" stories in Collier's Magazine written by Hugh Wiley). This proved popular, and there were four more movies with Karloff playing Mr. Wong in 1939 and 1940. In 1940, he left the role, and one more movie was made, "Phantom of Chinatown", starring Keye Luke in the lead role, but that was the last of the series (perhaps it was the loss of Karloff that ended the series, or perhaps 1940 was not a good time for U.S. movies with an Asian hero). NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. If you know who did the art (if any), please let us know. Condition: good. There was a piece of tape on the back of the bottom crossfold which has bled through to the front. There is an irregular tear to the right of that in the background area. There are small vertical tears in the right of the bottom foldline. There is a pair of staple holes in Karloff's right cheek just above his mustache. There are pairs of staple holes around the edges of the poster. There was a piece of tape on the back of the bottom 3" of the vertical foldline which has left a stain on the back, but it does not show through to the front. There is a tear and tiny paper loss in the background area just above the red circle at bottom left and there was a piece of tape on the back of that, but the tape is gone and even though it has yellowed, it does not show through to the front. There was a piece of tape on the back of the middle crossfold where there was tiny paper loss and the back of that area has yellowed, but it does not show through to the front. Clearly, this poster has a lot of defects, but they are truthfully all pretty minor, and after linenbacking by a talented professional, the poster will look great, and it will require little paint restoration anywhere in the image, except for at the bottom crossfold where the tape bleed through is. Learn More about condition grades 
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