Lot n° 114
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80 - 120
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: 30EUR
THE CURSE OF THE PHARAOHS - THE MUMMY - Lot 114
THE CURSE OF THE PHARAOHS - THE MUMMY
Christopher Lee, Yvonne Furneaux ... Hammer horror film by Terence Fisher, 1959.
3 photos, vintage silver prints for the French release, stamped on two backs and annotated on all.
24.6 x 19.7 cm each
enclosed is a complete period film novel (dated 1962), sixty-eight pages, mostly illustrated with images from the film.
Note: Set of three promotional photographs for the French release of The Mummy (Curse of the Pharaohs), a horror film produced by Hammer Films and directed by Terence Fisher in 1959, starring Christopher Lee and Yvonne Furneaux.
Considered one of the great classics of British fantasy cinema, the film is one of a series of gothic Hammer adaptations that had a profound effect on horror cinema in the 1950s and 1960s. Christopher Lee plays the mummy Kharis in a performance that has become emblematic of the genre.
Vintage silver photographs related to Hammer productions are particularly sought-after by collectors of fantasy cinema and horrific memorabilia. The stamps and annotations on the back bear witness to their use in the press and film exhibition circuits.
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