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Auction History Result 2a0789 DEAD MEN TELL linen insert 1941 Sidney Toler as Asian detective Charlie Chan, ultra rare! Date Sold 4/17/2022 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Linenbacked Insert Movie Poster (measures 14" x 36" [36 x 91 cm]) (Learn More) Dead Men Tell, the 1941 Harry Lachman detective mystery crime thriller (Based on the character 'Charlie Chan' created by Earl Derr Biggers; "Aboard a treasure ship Chan battles his most elusive adversary... The ghost of a pirate 100 years dead!"; "Dead Men Tell No Tales!"; "Dead men do tell tales... and Charlie Chan is there to listen... as he battles the ghost of a pirate 100 years dead - for $60,000,000 in buried treasure!") starring Sidney Toler ("as Charlie Chan"), Sheila Ryan, Robert Weldon, Victor Sen Yung (billed as "Sen Yung"; as Jimmy Chan), Don Douglas, Katharine Aldridge, George Reeves, Truman Bradley (as the pirate's ghost), Milton Parsons, and Charles Tannen. 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ever, from author Earl Derr Biggers, but because politically correct-minded people have viewed the character as outdated, the movies are rarely shown, which is a shame!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. Important Added Info: Note that we have only previously auctioned one example of this insert, and that was 16 years ago! What IS linenbacking? Learn More Overall Condition and Pre-Restoration Defects with Quality of Restoration: very good. The poster had two extra horizontal folds, with some tiny creases and fine surface paper loss on parts of the folds, and two vertical tears near the center of two of the folds. It had a few tiny tears in the borders and a few smudges and scuffs scattered in the image. Overall, the poster was in good to very good condition prior to linenbacking. The poster was nicely backed, and displays well! Note that either the restorer who mounted the poster did not leave any excess linen around the edges of the poster, or possibly the owner of the poster chose to carefully trim off the excess, so that the poster would fit in a frame. Learn More about condition grades 
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