The Movie: The Mummy (1933)
What Is It?: Universal’s
first major monster movie not based on classic lit was inspired by the recent
wave of Egypt-mania sparked by the discovery of King Tut’s tomb. Boris Karloff
plays an unlikely romantic lead and goes for a little walk.
Why Today?: On
this day in 1922, archaeologist Howard Carter discovers the entrance to King Tut’s
tomb.
