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Auction History Result Lot #: 191 MR WONG DETECTIVE linen 1sheet  Date Sold 6/14/1993Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. Appears in Hollywood Posters 4  Only $60The image at right appears in the auction catalog we published as shown above and was sold long ago and we do NOT have it available for purchase. However, you can buy the auction catalog it appears in using the "Order" button above. An Original Vintage Linenbacked One-Sheet Movie Poster (1sh) (Learn More) Mr. Wong, Detective, the 1938 William Nigh murder mystery crime thriller ("Hugh Wiley's famous Collier's Magazine Chinese detective") starring Boris Karloff (in the title role as Mr. Wong), Grant Withers, Maxine Jennings, Evelyn Brent, George Lloyd, and John St. Polis. 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: Very Good. Learn More about condition grades 
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