The mummy /

The mummy (1932): "In 1921 a field expedition in Egypt discovers the mummy of ancient Egyptian prince Im-Ho-Tep, who was condemned and buried alive for sacrilege. Also found in the tomb is the Scroll of Thoth, which can bring the dead back to life. One night a young member of the expedition rea...

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Main Authors:	Putnam, Nina Wilcox, 1888-1962 (Author), Schayer, Richard E. (Richard Ernest), 1882-1956 (Author), Dietrich, James (Composer), Jay, Griffin, 1905-1954 (Author, Screenwriter), Salter, Hans J. (Composer), Skinner, Frank, 1897-1968 (Composer), Varnick, Neil P. (Author), Abrams, Leon (Author, Adapter), Babcock, Dwight V. (Dwight Vincent), 1909-1979 (Author, Adapter), Lava, William, 1911-1971 (Composer), Sawtell, Paul, 1906-1971 (Composer)
Corporate Authors:	Universal Pictures (Firm), Universal City Studios
Other Authors:	Laemmle, Carl, Jr., 1908-1979 (Producer), Freund, Karl, 1890-1969 (Director), Balderston, John L. (John Lloyd), 1889-1954 (Screenwriter), Karloff, Boris, 1887-1969 (Actor), Johann, Zita, 1904-1993 (Actor), Manners, David, 1901-1998 (Actor), Stumar, Charles (Cinematographer), Carruth, Milton (Film editor), Pivar, Ben, 1901-1963 (Producer), Cabanne, Christy, 1888-1950 (Director), Shane, Maxwell, 1905-1983 (Screenwriter), Foran, Dick, 1910-1979 (Actor), Moran, Peggy, 1918-2002 (Actor), Ford, Wallace, 1898-1966 (Actor), Tyler, Tom, 1903-1954 (Actor), Bredell, Elwood, 1884-1976 (Cinematographer), Cahn, Philip (Film editor), Young, Harold, 1897-1972 (Director), Sucher, Henry (Screenwriter), Hubbard, John, 1914-1988 (Actor), Knox, Elyse, 1917-2012 (Actor), Zucco, George, 1886-1960, Bey, Turhan, 1922-2012 (Actor), Chaney, Lon, Jr., 1906-1973 (Actor), Robinson, George, 1890-1958 (Cinematographer), LeBorg, Reginald (Director), Weisberg, Brenda (Screenwriter), Carradine, John (Actor), Lowery, Robert, 1916-1971 (Actor), Ames, Ramsay, 1919-1998 (Actor), MacLane, Barton, 1902-1969 (Actor), Sickner, William A. (Cinematographer), Goodkind, Saul A. (Film editor), Goodwins, Leslie, 1899-1969 (Director), Schubert, Bernard (Screenwriter), Coe, Peter, 1918-1993 (Actor), Christine, Virginia, 1920-1996 (Actor), Harding, Kay, 1924-1984 (Actor), Moore, Dennis, 1908-1964 (Actor), Kosleck, Martin, 1904-1994 (Actor), Miller, Virgil E., 1887-1974 (Cinematographer), Feitshans, Fred R., Jr., 1909-1987 (Film editor), Skal, David J. (Director, Cinematographer, Screenwriter, Researcher, Commentator), Jensen, Paul M. (Commentator)
Format:	Video DVD
Language:	English
Published:	Universal City, CA : Universal Studios, [2004]
Edition:	Fullscreen.
Series:	Legacy collection (Universal City, Calif.)
Subjects:	Mummies > Egypt > Drama. Mummies > United States > Drama. Archaeologists > Drama. Reincarnation > Drama. Mummy films. Horror films. Monster films. Feature films. Fiction films. Film adaptations. Video recordings for the hearing impaired. Documentary films. Short films.

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Summary:	The mummy (1932): "In 1921 a field expedition in Egypt discovers the mummy of ancient Egyptian prince Im-Ho-Tep, who was condemned and buried alive for sacrilege. Also found in the tomb is the Scroll of Thoth, which can bring the dead back to life. One night a young member of the expedition reads the Scroll out loud, and then goes insane, realizing that he has brought Im-Ho-Tep back to life. Ten years later, disguised as a modern Egyptian, the mummy attempts to reunite with his lost love, an ancient princess who has been reincarnated into a beautiful young woman."--IMDB website. The mummy's hand (1940): "An ancient mummy is revived to destroy those that would invade the 3,000 year old tomb of an Egyptian princess."--IMDb website. The mummy's tomb (1942): "A high priest travels to America with the living mummy Kharis (Lon Chaney Jr.) to kill all those who had desecrated the tomb of the Egyptian princess Ananka thirty years earlier."--IMDb website. The mummy's ghost (1944): "An Egyptian high priest travels to America to reclaim the bodies of ancient Egyptian princess Ananka and her living guardian mummy Kharis. Learning that Ananka's spirit has been reincarnated into another body, he kidnaps a young woman of Egyptian descent with a mysterious resemblance to the princess. However, the high priest's greedy desires cause him to loose control of the mummy."--IMDb website. The mummy's curse (1944): "An irrigation project in the rural bayous of Louisiana unearths Kharis the living mummy (Lon Chaney Jr.), who was buried in quicksand 25 years earlier."--IMDb website.
Item Description:	Videodisc release of the 1932 (c1933) motion picture and four sequels released from 1940-1944. Special features: includes The mummy's hand (1940), The mummy's tomb (1942), The mummy's ghost (1944) and The mummy's curse (1944); Mummy dearest: a horror tradition unearthed-an original documentary by film historian David J. Skal (30 min., 1999); film historian Paul M. Jensen provides insightful commentary to the film; The mummy archives; original theatrical trailers for all films. Videorecording.
Physical Description:	2 videodiscs (327 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:	DVD; NTSC; region 1; Dolby Digital 2.0 mono.
Audience:	Not rated.
Production Credits:	The mummy (1932): Producer, Carl Laemmle ; director, Karl Freund ; story, Nina Wilcox Putnam and Richard Schayer ; screenplay, John L. Balderston ; cinematography, Charles J. Stumar ; editing, Milton Carruth ; original music, James Dietrich (uncredited). The mummy's hand (1940): Producer, Ben Pivar ; director, Christy Cabanne ; screenplay, Griffin Jay, Maxwell Shane ; original story, Griffin Jay ; cinematography, Elwood Bredell ; editing, Philip Cahn ; original music, Hans J. Salter (uncredited) and Frank Skinner (uncredited). The mummy's tomb (1942): Producer, Ben Pivar ; director, Harold Young ; screenplay, Griffin Jay, Henry Sucher ; original story, Neil P. Varnick ; cinematography, George Robinson ; editing, Milton Carruth ; music, Hans J. Salter. The mummy's ghost (1944): Producer, Ben Pivar ; director, Reginald Le Borg ; screenplay, Griffin Jay, Henry Sucher, Brenda Weisberg ; original story, Griffin Jay and Henry Sucher ; cinematography, William A. Sickner ; editing, Saul A. Goodkind ; original music, Frank Skinner (uncredited). The mummy's curse (1944): Executive producer, Ben Pivar ; director, Leslie Goodwins ; screenplay by Bernard Schubert ; original story and adaptation by Leon Abrams and Dwight V. Babcock ; cinematography, Virgil Miller ; editing, Fred R. Feitshans, Jr. ; original music, William Lava (uncredited) and Paul Sawtell (uncredited).
ISBN:	1417011092 9781417011094