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MURDER AT THE BASKERVILLES MURDER AT THE BASKERVILLES 1sh OR search current auctions Auction History Result 2a0984 MURDER AT THE BASKERVILLES linen 1sh 1941 Arthur Wontner as Sherlock Holmes, ultra rare! Date Sold 4/17/2022 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original 1941 Vintage Theatrical Linenbacked One-Sheet Movie Poster (1sh; measures 27" x 41" [69 x 104 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 ANY U.S. movie paper from this movie is incredibly rare. We have only previously auctioned some lobby cards and a few stills from this movie (and NO other U.S. movie paper of any kind) until we received this one-sheet! Also note that the film distributor "Astor Pictures" primarily distributed re-releases of major studios in the late 1940s and 1950s, but they also did the first release of some non-U.S. movies, including this one (surely the reason why is that between 1939 and 1941, Universal had great success with their Sherlock Holmes series, so Astor thought there would be a market for this English Holmes movie). This is the first U.S. release of this movie in 1941, and it NOT a re-release! What IS linenbacking? Learn More Overall Condition and Pre-Restoration Defects with Quality of Restoration: good. The poster had paper tape on the back of the middle horizontal fold and there were tears and areas of paper loss on parts of some folds and tears and paper loss in the borders. Overall, the poster was in 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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