Three Sheet Poster - (41 x 81 Folded Artist Joseph Smith Very Fine)

Sold Stock #183584 | Sold Oct 23 2025

MUMMY, THE (1959)

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Three Sheet Poster - (41" x 81" / Folded / Artist: Joseph Smith / Very Fine+)

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Three Sheet (41" x 81") ;
Very Fine+ Folded; Artwork by Joseph Smith
Universal-International, 1959

Christopher Lee plays Kharis, the Mummy, in Hammer Films' Technicolor adaptation of the 1932 Universal classic that originally starred Boris Karloff. Printed on two sheets and folded, it is in excellent condition, showing only minor crimping and light wear along a small area of the upper vertical folds, as well as a small edge tear at the bottom of the lower sheet.

In 1895, a group of British archaeologists uncover and open the tomb of the Egyptian Princess Ananka, triggering a series of ominous events in "The Mummy," a British Technicolor horror film directed by Terence Fisher and featuring Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee in the lead roles. Although the title echoes Universal's 1932 film, "The Mummy," this film's plot and characters are primarily based on two 1940s Universal films, "The Mummy's Hand" and "The Mummy's Tomb," with the climax directly taken from "The Mummy's Ghost." Filming took place at Bray Studios in Berkshire. Initially, the scenes depicting Kharis's tongue being cut-out and his shotgun demise were more graphic, but they were toned down to meet British censorship requirements. Peter Cushing revealed that he proposed the scene where he drives a spear through the mummy, as he was inspired by the pre-release poster, which depicts the mummy with a shaft of light piercing through it.
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Item size: 20.25" × 10.25" × 4" (51.44cm × 26.04cm × 10.16cm)

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