4-Film Marathon! THE MUMMY’S HAND, 1940, 70th Anniversary! THE MUMMY’S TOMB, 1942, THE MUMMY’S GHOST, 1944, THE MUMMY’S CURSE, 1944 October 19, 2012

Friday, October 19 – 7:30 PM
4-Film Marathon! THE MUMMY’S HAND, 1940, Universal, 67 min. Dir. Christy Cabanne. The first of Universal’s MUMMY sequels returns to Egypt, as Indiana Jones-style adventurer Dick Foran squares off against nefarious George Zucco and the immortal mummy Kharis (played by a surprisingly effective Tom Tyler). First-rate matinee style entertainment. With Peggy Moran and Wallace Ford. [35mm]
Trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xDi37_Eg6g
70th Anniversary! THE MUMMY’S TOMB, 1942, 60 min. Dir. Harold Young. Foran, Zucco and Ford return for this atmospheric and fast-paced sequel set thirty years after THE MUMMY’S HAND. Here Lon Chaney Jr. debuts in the role of Kharis; and his caretaker Turhan Bey brings the mummy to America to avenge the desecration of Princess Ananka’s tomb in the previous film, by killing all the archeologists and their descendents. [35mm]
Trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5NRPPDxZA4
THE MUMMY’S GHOST, 1944, Universal, 61 min. Dir. Reginald Le Borg. In this installment, Chaney is joined by fellow horror great John Carradine, who plays a high priest charged with returning Kharis and the body of Ananka to Egypt. But the plan goes haywire when it turns out Ananka has been reincarnated as a beautiful young woman (Ramsay Ames). [35mm]
Trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EpJlqCN7_zY
THE MUMMY’S CURSE, 1944, Universal, 62 min. Dir. Leslie Goodwins. “The Devil’s on the loose and he’s dancin’ with the mummy!” The final film with Lon Chaney Jr. as the undead Kharis shifts the action to the Louisiana bayou, where the mummy and his beloved have been buried in a swamp for years, until a couple of Egyptian disciples start brewing up the tana leaves. With Virginia Christine and Martin Kosleck. [35mm]
Trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r82cOPOG4g8

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