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Auction History Result 1p065 HOUSE OF FRANKENSTEIN/MUMMY'S CURSE 1/2sh 1945 double horror to double-scare you, very rare! Date Sold 11/6/2018 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Folded Half-Sheet Poster (1/2sh; measures 22" x 28" [56 x 71 cm]) (Learn More) the 1945 double-bill ("Double Horror to Double-Scare You!") of House of Frankenstein, the 1944 Erle C. Kenton Universal monster horror thriller ("Frankenstein's Monster! Wolf Man! Dracula! Hunchback! Mad Doctor!"; the sixth Universal Frankenstein movie, and this was the first "all-star" movie, with all of its best monsters brought together in a single movie!) starring Boris Karloff, Lon Chaney Jr. (as Lawrence Talbot, the Wolfman), John Carradine (as Dracula), J. Carroll Naish (as Daniel, the hunchback), Anne Gwynne, Peter Coe, Elena Verdugo and Lionel Atwill (Atwill must have had a terrible agent that he ended up behind Peter Coe, and Elena Verdugo in the billing!). At least Atwill did better than poor Glenn Strange, who played the Frankenstein monster, and didn't even receive billing! Also, is it just me, or is it the height of insensitivity that a "huncback" was treated as a monster on a par with Frankenstein, Dracula, and The Wolf Man? AND The Mummy's Curse, the 1944 Leslie Goodwins Universal Egyptian-curse murder monster horror thriller sequel starring Lon Chaney Jr. (reprising his role as Kharis, the Mummy), Peter Coe, Jackie Lou Harding (as Kay Harding), Virginia Christine, Dennis Moore, Kurt Katch, and Napoleon Simpson. Note that an advance collector pointed out that this double-bill was released in late December of 1944. However, all known posters have a 1945 copyright so we will refer to it as 1945. 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 items from double-bills of Frankenstein and Dracula appear at auction sometimes, but items from this double-bill of a Mummy movie and a Frankenstein movie are incredibly rare! We once auctioned a one-sheet from this double-bill, but that has a far inferior image to this poster. We have only auctioned this poster once before (in 2017 when it sold for $2,356!). Also note also that this poster was folded at one time but has been laying flat for a long time and will be sent rolled in a tube. Condition: good to very good. The poster has creases along both folds and creases and smudges around the edges. It has five pieces of yellowed tape in the borders, and all but one of those are solely in the blank borders. There are some faint smudges in the white background areas. Certainly, one could display this rare poster as it is (matting would cover over almost all of the tape stains), or one could choose to have restoration performed. Learn More about condition grades 
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