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December 22, 1932 –

Universal Pictures released the horror film The Mummy, directed by Karl Freund and starring Boris Karloff on this date.

Boris Karloff was virtually unknown when he appeared as the creature in Frankenstein. He created such a sensation that when this was made, only a year later, Universal only had to advertise “KARLOFF . . . ‘The Mummy’.”