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This is an eMoviePoster.com stock image. What does this mean?  Auction History Result Lot #: #220 MYSTERIOUS MR MOTO linen one-sheet movie poster '38 Lorre stone litho!!  Date Sold 12/18/2004Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. Appears in Vintage Hollywood Posters 8 CATALOG SOLD OUT The 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. An Original Vintage Theatrical Linenbacked One-Sheet Movie Poster (measures 27" x 41") (Learn More) Mysterious Mr. Moto, the 1938 Norman Foster Asian detective mystery crime thriller ("Based on the character 'Mr. Moto' created by John P. Marquand"; the fifth entry in this series of popular movies) starring Peter Lorre ("Peter Lorre gives you your greatest thrill"; in the title role as Mr. Moto), Mary Maguire, Henry Wilcoxon, Erik Rhodes, Harold Huber, and Lotus Long. Note that Fox had had great success with its Chinese detective, Charlie Chan, so it seemed natural for them to start this second series featuring a Japanese detective. It did not start until 1937, perhaps because they did not have an actor suitable for the lead role, but Peter Lorre had substance abuse issues, and he was probably happy to get the work. Fox made seven movies in just three years, but then they stopped the series, likely because of the rise of anti-Japanese sentiment in the U.S., as World War II neared. 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. This poster was linenbacked, and it had defects which were repaired during the linenbacking process (which we describe below, as well as the quality of the restoration, if I thought there was something about the restoration worth commenting on!). You should also look at our "super-sized" image of the actual poster (we are the only major auction company we know of that gives accurate detailed pre-restoration information about linenbacked posters to our bidders, but we wish everyone did!). the poster had some tiny areas of paper loss down the top 1/4 of the vertical foldline and staple holes to the left and right of the vertical foldline in the area at the top of Lorre's forehead and in his cheek by the edge of his name; there were staple holes, tears, creases, and smudges around the edges of the poster and some minor wear on the other foldlines. The poster was quite nicely linenbacked, and the above defects were well corrected and are not at all noticeable except on very close inspection! Learn More about condition grades 
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