eMoviePoster.comAuction History Result 1z458 MR. WONG IN CHINATOWN 1sh '39 great art of Asian detective Boris Karloff & Majorie Reynolds! Date Sold 10/27/2016Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Folded One-Sheet Movie Poster (1sh; measures 27" x 41" [69 x 104 cm]) (Learn More) Mr. Wong in Chinatown, the 1939 William Nigh San Francisco California Chinese detective mystery crime thriller ("Based on the 'James Lee Wong' series in Collier's Magazine written by Hugh Wiley") starring Boris Karloff (in the title role as James Lee Wong), Marjorie Reynolds, Grant Withers, Peter George Lynn, Huntley Gordon, and Angelo Rossitto (as the "Mute Dwarf"). 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. Condition: fair to good. There is a circular foreign stamp in the top left corner. The poster has many pinholes and several small areas of paper loss around the edges. There are some creases and tears on parts of some folds. The poster has very clear defects, but since many of them are in the blank borders, it will respond well to being linenbacked. Learn More about condition grades
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