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MURDER AT THE BASKERVILLES MURDER AT THE BASKERVILLES French 1p OR search current auctions Auction History Result 9k0064 MURDER AT THE BASKERVILLES French 1p 1938 Arthur Wontner as Sherlock Holmes, ultra rare! Date Sold 8/5/2021 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original 1938 (from the first release of this movie in France) Vintage Theatrical French One-Panel "Grande" Movie Poster (1p; measures 47" x 102 1/2" [119 x 260 cm]) (Learn More) Silver Blaze (released in the U.S. in 1941 as "Murder at the Baskervilles"), the 1937 Thomas Bentley English detective crime murder mystery thriller (based on the story by Arthur Conan Doyle; Holmes is visiting an old friend, when two murders occur, and also a prize race horse is kidnapped, and he must solve all three mysteries, with the help of Doctor Watson) starring Arthur Wontner (as Sherlock Holmes), Lyn Harding, Ian Fleming (NOT the creator of James Bond, but an Australian actor who appeared in 158 movies between 1926 and 1968; as Dr. Watson), Judy Gunn, John Turnbull, and Robert Horton. Note that this was one of five movies in which Arthur Wontner played Sherlock Holmes. They were made between 1931 and 1937. The first four were made between 1931 and 1935 and were released in the U.S. soon after they were made. The fifth one, Murder at the Baskervilles, was released in England when it was made in 1937, but it was not released at that time in the U.S. However, after 20th Century-Fox and Universal Pictures had great success with their Sherlock Holmes movies starting in 1939, Murder at the Baskervilles was first released in the U.S. in 1941, by Astor Pictures (a company normally associated with re-releases, but in this case, it was the first release of this movie). 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 this is an extremely rare French poster from during World War II, which we have never auctioned before (ANY movie paper from this movie is extremely rare; we have only previously auctioned some U.S. lobby cards and a few stills, but no posters from any country until we were consigned this one)! Virtually no French posters survive from during or right after World War II (mostly only some heavy stock lobby cards, and even those are rare). Apparently there were many paper shortages in France during World War II, resulting in the destruction of almost all posters from before World War II, and also from during the war, and the first few years afterwards! Also note that the poster has an artist's signature on it, but we cannot read it. If anyone knows the name of this artist, please e-mail us and we will post it here. Condition: fair to good. The poster has darkened, more so on the folds. There are some tiny brown stains scattered in parts of the poster and some water staining in a few places, including in the woman's face (see our image). This is the sort of poster that responds really well to professional restoration. It is likely that much or all of the darkening and water staining can be removed through chemical means, after which the poster will look fantastic, and it will likely require little paint restoration in the image. Obviously, one would prefer to find a better condition example of this poster, but we don't know that one exists, and this really cool poster is very "restore-able"! Learn More about condition grades 
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