The Mummy

N.p. N.p., Circa 1980. Vintage borderless publicity photograph of Boris Karloff in costume as Imhotep being drawn by illustrator Willy Pogány, taken by photographer Ray Jones, and struck by the photographer from the original negative, circa 1980.

From the archive of noted Hollywood still photographer Ray Jones. Born in Wisconsin on January 1, 1901, Jones worked for Paramount Pictures in the early 1930s, and went on to be the head of the still photography department at Universal Pictures in 1935, where he worked well into the 1950s.

A contemporary of Edmund Dulac, Harry Rountree, Sarah Stilwell Weber, artist Willy Pogány is perhaps best remembered today for his versatile illustrations for children's books. He also worked prolifically as a sculptor, painter, portraitist, and muralist, and even briefly as a designer of stage sets and costumes. During the 1930s Pogány moved to Los Angeles, where he found employment as an art director in Hollywood.

Karloff's second film, after his runaway success in "Frankenstein," in which he plays an Egyptian high priest awakened from death by a British field exposition. After disguising himself as a scientist he falls in love with a woman he believes to be the latest incarnation of a priestess from his past.

8 x 10 inches. Near Fine.

Weaver and Brunas, Universal Horrors 1931-1946.

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