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Auction History Result 6w192 MR. MOTO'S GAMBLE INCOMPLETE 6sh '38 stone litho of Asian detective Peter Lorre, boxing! Date Sold 4/23/2015 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Folded Six-Sheet Movie Poster (6sh; measures 78 1/2" x 80" [199 x 203 cm]) (Learn More) Mr. Moto's Gamble, the 1938 James Tinling Asian detective boxing sports crime mystery thriller ("Thousands saw it happen... but - Only One knew it was Murder!"; "Based on the character created by J.P. Marquand"; the third entry in this series of popular movies) starring Peter Lorre (in the title role as Mr. Moto), Keye Luke (as Lee Chan), Dick Baldwin, Lynn Bari, Douglas Fowley, Jayne Regan, Harold Huber, and Max 'Slapsie Maxie' Rosenbloom. 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. Interestingly, this movie started as a Charlie Chan film with Warner Oland, but Oland abandoned the movie after filming had begun and Fox changed it into a Mr. Moto vehicle, which explains why Keye Luke is playing his Number-One Son role and why Mr. Moto mimics some of Charlie Chan's mannerisms 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 the bottom left small section of this poster is missing. The other three sections are present (this six-sheet was printed in 4 sections designed to overlap, but one is missing). Certainly, it would be a real "long shot" to locate another example of the missing piece, but a restorer could likely recreate the missing area, or perhaps one would choose to only display the top two sections (which contains the images of the top stars and the title). Condition: poor. One of the four sections is missing (see above). On the three sections that are present, there is some darkening on the back of the part of the poster that was on the outside when it was fully folded. There are some creases and several tears along the foldlines that were on the outside when the poster was fully folded. There are some creases, smudges, and tiny tears on some foldlines, and some tiny paper loss at some crossfolds. There are a few small tape repairs of tears. Learn More about condition grades 
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