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English: Two-page ad sheet for Cagliostro, a concept for a Universal Pictures film to star Boris Karloff as a villainous character inspired by the historical Italian occultist Alessandro Cagliostro. While the Cagliostro concept was abandoned, it served as the early basis for what became The Mummy (1932 film) (1932). The accompanying ad copy reads:

Cagliostro
The Great Impostor

He lives today . . .
3,000 years old,
yet appearing 35!
. . . He preys on
the souls of beauti-
ful women! . . . The
world and the
people in it are his
toys! . . . He has the
power to create . . .
and to destroy!
Impossible?
Unbelievable?
Wait and see!

Boris Karloff
(The 'Frankenstein' monster him-
self), in a 1932 version of the
character that has fooled the world
for centuries. By that famous
novelist and short story writer —
Nina Wilcox Putnam

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English: *Original source: published in the Universal Exhibitor Book 1932–33.
Author
English: Illustrated, designed, and signed (in the bottom right corner) by Karoly Grosz. Distributed by Universal Pictures.
Permission
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English: It is unclear whether the Universal Exhibitor Book 1932–33 was published with a valid copyright notice. Regardless, the copyright for the artwork was not renewed, as was required by American copyright law to extend/maintain protection for works published 1963 or earlier. In order to maintain copyright protection, the poster would have had to be renewed 28 years after publication, in either 1959 or 1960 (see the sections for "Artwork: Original registrations and renewals" and refer to the links to search the copyright catalogs for those years). Because it was not renewed, copyright lapsed at that time. Note that the ad art is a distinct work from the film it represents and had to be renewed separately.
Other versions
File:The Mummy (1932 Universal Weekly ad).jpg
December 1932 print ad for The Mummy reusing the Cagliostro illustration

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This work is in the public domain because it was published in the United States between 1929 and 1963, and although there may or may not have been a copyright notice, the copyright was not renewed. For further explanation, see Commons:Hirtle chart and the copyright renewal logs.

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