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Auction History Result 3s150 DARK ALIBI linen 3sh '46 Sidney Toler as detective Charlie Chan, Mantan Moreland, Benson Fong Date Sold 12/11/2014 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Linenbacked Three-Sheet Movie Poster (3sh; measures 41" x 81" [104 x 206 cm]) (Learn More) Dark Alibi, the 1946 Phil Karlson Asian detective mystery crime thriller starring Sidney Toler (as Charlie Chan), Mantan Moreland, Ben Carter, Benson Fong (as Tommy Chan), Teala Loring, Anthony Warde, and Russell Hicks. Note that the very first Charlie Chan movie was "House Without a Key" in 1925, with George Kuwa as Chan. In 1927, "The Chinese Parrot" (directed by Paul Leni) starred Sojin Kamiyama as Chan. In 1929 came the third movie, "Behind That Curtain", starring E.L. Park as Charlie Chan. 1931 brought "Charlie Chan Carries On", starring Warner Oland in the first of many movies with him as the Asian detective, and he was later replaced by Sidney Toler and then Roland Winters (there would ultimately be 47 Charlie Chan movies!). Of course, Charlie Chan is one of the most memorable literary creations ever, from author Earl Derr Biggers, but because politically correct-minded people have viewed the character as outdated, the movies are rarely shown, which is a shame! 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: good. The poster had areas of paper loss at most of the crossfolds, with many tears and areas of paper loss along most of the foldlines, with some in the areas between the foldlines (see our image). Overall, the poster was in fair to good condition prior to linenbacking. The poster was pretty well backed, but you can clearly see signs of the above defects and the restoration of the above defects. Learn More about condition grades 
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