Original Paramount Pictures Scene Lobby Card (11×14) for the Erle C. Kenton sci-fi horror classic, ISLAND OF LOST SOULS (1932)—starring Charles Laughton, Richard Arlen, Leila Hyams, and Bela Lugosi. Based on a novel by H. G. Wells, a mad scientist named Dr. Moreau (Laughton) conducts evil experiments in evolution, eventually establishing himself as a self-styled demigod to a race of mutated, half-human monsters. This was Laughton’s first starring role in an American film, and his performance of the classic mad scientist is menacing, especially when he starts literally “cracking the whip.” This original scene lobby card has been restored to correct pinholes in the borders, two tears at the bottom of the image, and a large vertical tear in the top right border area. Extremely scarce.

Original Universal Pictures Scene Lobby Card (11×14) for the Erle C. Kenton horror fantasy, THE GHOST OF FRANKENSTEIN (1942) starring Cedric Hardwicke, Ralph Bellamy, Bela Lugosi, and Lon Chaney Jr. (as the monster). This was the fourth movie in the Universal Frankenstein series. Boris Karloff played the monster in the first three movies, but Lon Chaney Jr. took over the role in this film. Lugosi reprises his role of Ygor from the third installment, and Cedric Hardwicke plays Ludwig, the son of the original Dr. Frankenstein. In this installment of the famous monster series, Ygor resurrects the monster and brings him to Ludwig for help. Ludwig decides to replace the monster’s criminal brain with the brain of his most recent victim, a noble doctor. But Ygor manipulates Ludwig’s colleague into substituting Ygor’s brain instead. This original lobby card is in very fine to near mint condition.