As THE MUMMY was the only one of the Universal horror classics not
banned from Australian TV in the 50s and 60s, it was the one that I saw
first - ahead of DRACULA, FRANKENSTEIN and assorted sons, daughters and
brides...
Having been long in the thrall of the musty history of ancient Egypt,
THE MUMMY made a special impact on and along with SON OF FRANKENSTEIN
(the first in the Frankenstein films I saw.... on the big screen in
1965... in a decaying picture palace (since restored).... it has
remained my favourite. Maybe it's that influence from the past (although
I like the Universal sequels even if they lack the style and atmosphere
of the Karloff original) and I'm a big fan of Hammer's 1959 remake, but
the original MUMMY one sheet would certainly be the one to have for this
dinosaur.
Phil
Susan Heim wrote:
The Mummy lobby card was a great find. I had someone offer me the
original one sheet for Dracula back in 1982 or 1983 for $3500. Well,
at that time, he could have been asking for $35 million and it
wouldn't have been different. The guy explained to me that it would
probably be worth quite a bit more in the future, and I agreed, but
$3500 was almost 3 years rent to me in those days. He offered to go
down to $3000. I told him he could go down to $300 and I still
couldn't afford it. If I had only known, I would have borrowed from
everyone I knew to buy it. I always hoped that guy never sold it and
still has it to this day. You could see how much he loved the poster
and hated to have to sell it.
New question...........Graphically, The Mummy and The Invisible Man
one sheet are my favorite of the Universal Horror Classic one sheets.
How about everyone else?
Sue
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*Subject:* [MOPO] Are The Inmates In Charge Of The Nuthouse?
Hi,
I've been collecting and dealing in movie posters for close to
30 years. Sometimes it amazes not only how much angry diatribe has
taken over MoPo, but it seems as if certain members ,who act as if
they have all the right answers, are so often wrong. ie: a 40x60
has ALWAYS been a 40x60---never in my years of collecting have I
head it referred to as a "2 Sheet". There have been other
examples as well. Hey, I know some of you definitely aren't so
keen to any insight I might have, but, jeez, don't certain "high
level" individuals on this list (however they might be viewed as
such) have something better to do than spend hours bitching and
complaining about this person and that person. Lines upon lines
of print that virtually signifies
nothing....anger...resentment...petty crap. As a writer myself,
if I expended as much energy as the supposed "chosen few" on this
list, I'd have a novel written by now!
Enough said. Below I thought I'd list a couple of my BEST POSTER
FINDS. (By the way, can somebody please tell me who the hell is
J.R.?)
Years ago, I bought an original Jazz Singer US lobby card
for $40---a few years later, an original Mummy (Karloff) US lobby
card for $75. Also, an original Scarface (Muni,1932) US 1/2 Sheet
for about $150. There are more to mention, but I'll stop here.
Thanks for listening. Okay, you vicious hounds out
there...attack me!
Rick Ryan
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