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Auction History Result h190 BLOOD OF FU MANCHU movie title lobby card '68 Christopher Lee, Franco Date Sold 11/1/2005Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Movie Title Lobby Card (measures 11" x 14") (Learn More) The Blood of Fu Manchu (released in England in 1968 as "Sax Rohmer's The Blood of Fu Manchu", and released in the U.S. in 1969 as both "Sax Rohmer's The Blood of Fu Manchu" and "Kiss & Kill"), the 1968 Jesus Franco (Jess Franco; billed as "Jean Franco" on some posters) English/German/Spanish/U.S. oriental adventure crime horror science fiction (sci-fi) thriller ("LUSCIOUS LIPS - LETHAL in their biting sting of death!"; "Positively Recommended for the Pure and Strong in Heart - Transplants are Hard to Come By!!!") starring Christopher Lee (in the title role as Fu Manchu), Tsai Chin, Maria Rohm, Richard Greene ("as Nayland Smith"), Shirley Eaton (both Greene and Eaton are billed as "Guest Stars"), and Howard Marion-Crawford NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Important Added Info: Note that this is an "international" style poster or lobby card (meaning it was printed in the U.S. for use in non-U.S. countries). Somewhere in the early 1960s, MGM apparently made a huge "trade" deal with European movie distributors. From the early 1960s to the late 1960s, MGM released 100 or more non-U.S. movies in the U.S. under the MGM logo (some dating back to the 1950s), and in return, they apparently gave 100 or more MGM movies (from the 1950s and early 1960s) to those European distributors to release in Europe. All of the posters from both sets of releases have a very similar type of somewhat garish, very colorful artwork, and some have an MGM logo that is different from than on other MGM movies of the same time period, which makes it likely that those (with different logos) are from re-releases. None of these posters (except for the very first few of them) have any dates on them. Over the years, I have seen many of these posters (from both types) sold as first release, but, as stated above, some of these are mid to late 1960s re-releases, and the ones from U.S. movies are "international" posters (or lobby cards) that were used in non-U.S. countries. If anyone knows more about these MGM releases, please e-mail us. Condition: good. There is a pen mark over the chest of the man at left and pen marks in Lee's chin. There are pinholes in the corners and a few smudges in the borders. Learn More about condition grades 
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