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Auction History Result c083 MR MOTO'S GAMBLE glass slide '38 Lorre, boxing! Date Sold 8/9/2005Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Movie Glass Slide (measures approximately 3" x 4") (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. Important Added Info: Glass slides were designed to be put in a special projector that would project the image onto a movie screen (they use exactly the same concept as 35mm slides). We have taken a digital photo of each that shows the general condition of the overall slide and holder, and we have also made a digital scan that shows the glass image well, but does not show the holder (except as a dark outline). Condition: fine. This glass slide is in really excellent condition, and we feel that EVERY collector would be happy to own it. It IS possible it may have a MINOR defect or defects, but nothing at all significant. But we bet many dealers would call items in this grade "mint" or "near mint"! Learn More about condition grades 
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