December 22, 1932 –
Universal Pictures released the horror film The Mummy, directed by Karl Freund and starring Boris Karloff on this date.
The discovery of Pharaoh Tutankahmen’s tomb and the alleged curse it contained inspired Universal to make this film. In fact, when Howard Carter (funded by Lord Carnarvon) opened the sarcophagus of King Tut in 1925, screenwriter John L. Balderston was present as a reporter for the New York World.
The Haus of Dcaligari 