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Auction History Result 5b0540 DR. DRACULA'S LIVING NIGHTMARES Egyptian poster R2010s beauties at the mercy of monsters! Date Sold 7/21/2020 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Undated (probably 2010s) Re-Release Folded Egyptian Poster (measures 28 1/4" x 37" [72 x 94 cm]) (Learn More) Dr. Dracula's Living Nightmare Show, the 1950s campy stage horror show ("First time here... you dare not look into his eyes!"; "On stage! In Person!"; "Beauties at the mercy of inhuman monsters"; "In the audience"; "All new and never dared before!"; "Alive!"; "In person"; "Watch out when the lights go out!"; "Super scary!"; "See Dazzling Donna Haynes 6Ft. 4ins. of 'Hex-appeal' plus on screen Super Horror Thriller"; "First time here... do not judge by anything seen before!") featuring art of monsters and spooks. This item was promoting a 1940s & 1950s traveling stage show that appeared in movie theaters before the "giant horror show on our screen". "Spook shows" started in the 1930s, and continued into the late 1960s (with their greatest prominence in the late 1940s and 1950s). Local theaters would book three to five low budget movies, and then advertise them as a late night "spook show". Often they would have "live" acts on stage (sometimes famous actors who had appeared in monster movies would appear on stage in full make up, and sometimes it would be local actors dressed as monsters), and often the posters would make outrageous promises (sometimes they might say a person would be beheaded on stage, etc!). Note that a knowledgeable collector points out that this spook show was created by a magician and stage performer named Card Mondor, who toured all over the world (along with his wife Donna Haynes). Near the end of his spook show career he was based on Australia, where he also owned a magic shop and was involved in Australian TV and film distribution (which may explain how art from posters for this show ended up on teaser posters for the 1963 film Dementia 13). If you know who did the art (if any), please let us know. Important Added Info: Note that we think that this poster was created in the last 10 years (possibly in the last couple of years) for an Egyptian movie theater showing classic movies (perhaps this was created for a single showing, but we really don't know). It is certainly not any older than that! It was consigned to us from Egypt, but we know nothing more about its history, so please do not bid unless you can accept these uncertainties. 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: very good. Other than some minor fold and border wear the poster is in pretty nice condition and will display well. Learn More about condition grades 
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