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Auction History Result 9f067 CHEATERS AT PLAY linen 1sh '32 stone litho of Thomas Meighan & Greenwood in giant emerald! Date Sold 7/13/2014 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) Cheaters at Play, the 1932 Hamilton MacFadden romantic jewel thief ocean voyage crime thriller ("Based on story by Louis Joseph Vance"; a ridiculously complicated story about a former master jewel thief who always worked alone, but who reformed, and he goes on a cruise, and there is a young man who steals massively expensive jewels, and the former thief catches him, but learns that the young man is his son, who is trying to imitate his father, and so he helps the son return the jewels and win the heart of the jewel owner's niece!) starring Thomas Meighan (as The Lone Wolf), Charlotte Greenwood, William Bakewell, Barbara Weeks, Linda Watkins, Olin Howland, James Kirkwood, and Ralph Morgan. 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. Overall Condition and Pre-Restoration Defects with Quality of Restoration: very good. The poster had just a few tears and tiny paper loss scattered in the vertical foldline, with minor wear on the horizontal folds. There was small paper loss in the upper left blank border and some tiny tears in the right border. Overall, the poster was in very good condition prior to linenbacking. The poster was nicely backed, but at some point after linenbacking, the poster was roughly handled and there are now some creases in the lowest 6" of the right excess linen, and VERY slightly in the bottom of the blank border of the poster. This would diminish greatly if the poster were put under weight, and it would not show at all if the poster was framed. Learn More about condition grades 
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