eMoviePoster.comAuction History Result 2a038 MASK OF FU MANCHU candid 8x10.25 still '32 portrait of cast & crew w/Boris Karloff in makeup! Date Sold 10/30/2016Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical 8" x 10 1/4" [20 x 26 cm] Movie Still (Learn More) The Mask of Fu Manchu, the 1932 Charles Brabin fantasy search-for-the-tomb-of-Ghengis-Khan Asian adventure horror thriller (based on the story by Sax Rohmer) starring Boris Karloff (in the title role as Dr. Fu Manchu), Lewis Stone, Myrna Loy (as Fah Lo See), Charles Starrett, Jean Hersholt, and Lawrence Grant. Note that, as was common in early Hollywood, non-Asian actors were hired to play Asians, and they did this through the use of "yellowface" makeup (similar to "blackface" makeup that had been used for so long). Note that, as was common in early Hollywood, non-Asian actors were hired to play Asians, and they did this through the use of "yellowface" makeup (similar to "blackface" makeup that had been used for so long). Often, this was in movies that featured "interracial romances" between Asians and westerners, and those who participated in such romances were shunned and often they led to murders or suicides. Thankfully, these sorts of movies and the practice of actors performing in "yellowface" has almost completely been abandoned! NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Important Added Info: Note that this still, which measures 8" x 10 1/4" [20 x 26 cm], has a great candid image of Boris Karloff and members of the cast and crew being photographed on the set by camera lights. Few first release stills from this movie survive, and this is only the second candid image from this movie we have ever auctioned, and it is certainly a wonderful still! Condition: very good to fine. There is the slightest of darkening and a diagonal crease in the left of the bottom blank border, and the slightest of staining in the middle of the left blank border. Otherwise, the still is in wonderful condition! Learn More about condition grades
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