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Auction History Result 1h1234 MR MOTO IN DANGER ISLAND linen 1sh 1939 Peter Lorre plays J.P. Marquand's Asian detective! Date Sold 12/26/2021 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Linenbacked One-Sheet Movie Poster (1sh; measures 27" x 41" [69 x 104 cm]) (Learn More) Mr. Moto in Danger Island, the 1939 Herbert I. Leeds Asian detective Puerto Rico mystery crime thriller ("Moto on an isle of horror...! ...where terror stalks the shadows and a corpse can catch a killer!"; "In a far corner of Earth... Where life is cheap... Moto meets his strangest crime adventure!"; "From a novel by John W. Vandercook"; "Based upon the character 'Mr. Moto' created by J.P. Marquand"; "Based upon story ideas by John Reinhardt and George Bricker"; the seventh entry in this series of popular movies, in this one Mr. Moto goes to Puerto Rico) starring Peter Lorre (in the title role as Mr. Moto), Jean Hersholt, Amanda Duff, Warren Hymer, Richard Lane, Leon Ames, Douglass Dumbrille, Charles D. Brown, Robert Lowery, Ward Bond, and Harry Strang. Note that Fox had had great success with its Chinese detective, Charlie Chan, so it seemed natural for them to start this second series featuring a Japanese detective. It did not start until 1937, perhaps because they did not have an actor suitable for the lead role, but Peter Lorre had substance abuse issues, and he was probably happy to get the work. Fox made seven movies in just three years, but then they stopped the series, likely because of the rise of anti-Japanese sentiment in the U.S., as World War II neared. 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 three examples of this one-sheet, and the last one was 10 years ago! What IS linenbacking? Learn More Overall Condition and Pre-Restoration Defects with Quality of Restoration: good to very good. The poster had tiny paper loss at the crossfolds, with creases, tears, and small paper loss across the top and bottom folds, and some on the other folds. It had some tape stains in the borders. Overall, the poster was in good to very good condition prior to linenbacking. The poster was pretty well backed, but you can see signs of the above defects and the restoration of the above defects. Note that either the restorer who mounted the poster did not leave any excess linen around the edges of the poster, or possibly the owner of the poster chose to carefully trim off the excess, so that the poster would fit in a frame. Learn More about condition grades 
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