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Auction History Result 1z0897 MYSTERY OF MR WONG 1/2sh 1938 great images of Asian detective Boris Karloff, ultra rare! Date Sold 4/14/2022 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Folded Half-Sheet Movie Poster (1/2sh; measures 22" x 28" [56 x 71 cm]) (Learn More) Mystery of Mr. Wong, the 1939 William Nigh Asian detective mystery crime thriller ("Based on the 'James Lee Wong' series in Colliers Magazine written by Hugh Wiley") starring Boris Karloff (in the title role as Mr. Wong), Grant Withers, Dorothy Tree, Craig Reynolds, and Ivan Lebedeff. 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. Important Added Info: Note that movie posters from this film are incredibly rare. We have auctioned several lobby cards for it, but only two one-sheet posters and one three-sheet poster (and NO other posters for the movie whatsoever, and the last poster was auctioned in 2006!) but we have NEVER auctioned this poster before! Note also that this poster was folded at one time but has been laying flat for a long time and will be sent rolled in a tube. Condition: fair to good. The poster has creases and some surface paper loss on parts of both folds. It has creases, stains and tape stains around the edges with some creases, smudges and scuffs scattered within the image. Someone once did some slight amateur touch up to part of the left and right of the middle fold, and to a tape stain in the lower left, but otherwise this incredibly rare poster has had no restoration. Learn More about condition grades 
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