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Auction History Result 1p0808 LONE WOLF STRIKES 3sh 1940 Warren William is TNT in a top hat or in a woman's arms, rare! Date Sold 2/15/2022 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Folded Three-Sheet Movie Poster (3sh; measures 41" x 81" [104 x 206 cm]) (Learn More) The Lone Wolf Strikes, the 1940 Sidney Salkow reformed jewel thief romantic crime mystery comedy ("He's T-N-T in a top hat... Or a woman's arms!"; "Dynamite... In a dinner jacket!"; "Thrill to fiction's most elegant gentleman yegg!"; "Based upon a work by Louis Joseph Vance") starring Warren William (in the title role as The Lone Wolf), Joan Perry, Eric Blore, Alan Baxter, Montagu Love, Astrid Allwyn, and Robert Wilcox. Note that The Lone Wolf was a character in a series of eight novels that author Louis Joseph Vance wrote starting in 1914, and the first movie starring the character was in 1917, with Bert Lytell in the lead role. There were three movies after that with three different actors in the lead role. Then Lytell returned to the character, and there were many movies in a short period, and then Lytell starred in some sound movies as the character. In the 1940s, Warren William starred in a series of Lone Wolf movies, and then the character was played by Gerald Mohr. There were a few single entries mixed in where other actors played the lead role. In all, there were 24 Lone Wolf movies! The character was a master thief turned detective, and there were several other characters who were very similar, but few had the enduring popularity of The Lone Wolf! 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 we have only previously auctioned one example of this three-sheet, and that was 17 years ago! That poster has now been reconsigned to us, so it is still the only example we have ever auctioned! Also note that this three-sheet was printed in 2 sections designed to overlap. Finally, note that the theater that used this poster glued the pieces together before putting them on display (this is typical of many actual theater-used posters in multiple pieces). Condition: fair to good. The theater that used this poster glued the pieces together before putting them on display (this is typical of many actual theater-used posters in multiple pieces). There is some darkening on the back of the part of the poster that was on the outside when it was fully folded. There are some creases and several tears along the folds that were on the outside when the poster was fully folded. There are some creases, smudges, and tiny tears on some folds, and some tiny paper loss at some crossfolds. Learn More about condition grades 
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