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Auction History Result 1a2119 HOUSE OF FRANKENSTEIN/MUMMY'S CURSE 1/2sh 1945 double horror to double-scare you, rare! Date Sold 10/31/2021 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Unfolded 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 we have only previously auctioned two examples of this half-sheet in all our years of auctioning! Also note that this poster has never been machine folded! Some pre-1970 half-sheet posters were machine folded twice horizontally at the poster exchange, while some were not. It can be difficult to find an unfolded example of many pre-1970 half-sheet posters (note that most post-1970 half-sheets were NOT machine folded, so they are pretty much only found unfolded, and therefore this does not apply to those half-sheets). Condition: good to very good. The poster was never folded by machine, but it was once lightly. partially folded down the middle by hand and there are some creases in that area. There are creases and smudges around the edges of the poster with two small tears in the right blank border (one with tape on the back and one 1" tear in the bottom right border, also with tape on the back). There are two small stains in the bottom blank border. Certainly this really cool poster could be displayed as it is, or one might choose to have some restoration performed. Learn More about condition grades 
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