The Mummy in Adelaide

1933 and the Arrival of Boris Karloff

The Advertiser 17 March 1933

Very few people in Adelaide had the opportunity to see James Whale’s Frankenstein. They had heard all about it, as it was banned and subject to media attention, but, outside of photos, it was all but impossible to see anywhere in South Australia, certainly in cinemas, as it did sneak into some churches for screenings, but tha…