{"product_id":"cat-0016727322-chris-pin-martin","title":"Cat. #0016727322:  CHRIS-PIN MARTIN","description":"\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #eeeeee;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: normal;\"\u003e\u003cspan color=\"#eeeeee\"\u003eExceptionally scarce vintage handwritten, signed letter to reporter Jimmu Star on a roughly 8.5 x 11-inch sheet of lightweight light grey stationery, dated 1944. In fine condition for its age, with mailing folds and light nicks to the edges in two spots. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: normal;\"\u003e\u003cspan color=\"#eeeeee\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: normal;\"\u003e\u003cspan color=\"#eeeeee\"\u003eBorn in the Arizona Territory to Mexican parents, roly-poly character actor Chris-Pin Martin played comic ethnic types from the onset of his career. He made his earliest film appearance in 1911, playing a Native American. During his heyday of the 1930s and 1940s, he earned his salary perpetuating a stereotype that nowadays would be the ultimate in political incorrectness: The lazy, dull-witted Hispanic comic foil. A veritable scene-swiper in films like \u003ci\u003eWhere East Is East \u003c\/i\u003e(1929) with Lon Chaney, \u003ci\u003eBilly the Kid\u003c\/i\u003e (1930), \u003ci\u003eThe Mask of Fu Manchu \u003c\/i\u003e(1932) with Boris Karloff, \u003ci\u003eA Star Is Born\u003c\/i\u003e (1937), \u003ci\u003eThe Mark of Zorro \u003c\/i\u003e(1940), \u003ci\u003eThe Ox-Bow Incident\u003c\/i\u003e (1943), \u003ci\u003eRobin Good of Monterey\u003c\/i\u003e (1947), \u003ci\u003eThe Fugitive\u003c\/i\u003e (1947), and the horror flick \u003ci\u003eMesa of Lost Women\u003c\/i\u003e (1953), he is probably best remembered for the role of Pancho in the \u003ci\u003eCisco Kid \u003c\/i\u003efilm series, serving as the trusty sidekick of Warner Baxter, Cesar Romero, Gilbert Roland, and Duncan Renaldo. He died of a heart attack at the age of 59, after having signed very little for fans, and this is just the third example of his autograph we have ever encountered.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e","brand":null,"offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43451958755537,"sku":"euq1793134037579","price":85.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0673\/2372\/3985\/files\/cat-0016727322-chris-pin-martin_1.jpg?v=1793134042","url":"https:\/\/petebugzapper.shop\/products\/cat-0016727322-chris-pin-martin","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}