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THE MUMMY'S HAND (1940/Universal) 67 Minutes Black & White.
16mm Very Good Original Composite Print
THE mummy movie. Gobs of action, gobs of comedy relief, gobs of atmosphere.
Probably Universal's best movie of the 1940s. Directed by Christy Cabanne;
Produced by Ben Pivar; Screenplay by Griffin Jay & Maxwell Shane; Make
Up by Jack P. Pierce; Music by Hans J. Salter & Frank Skinner. From a
story by Griffin Jay. Starring Dick Foran, Peggy Moran, Wallace Ford,
Leon Be lasco, Cecil Kellaway, Charles Trowbridge, Eduardo Ciannelli,
George Zucco, Tom Tyler, Eddie Foster.
THE MUMMY'S TOMB (1942/Universal) 61 Minutes Black & White. 16mm
Excellent Original, edited to 50 Minutes $150
For a 3,000-year old guy, gimpy and a little slow on his feet, the mummy
delivers good scares. Original theater-goers to this day walk around with
scarred psyches from these little pictures. Directed by Harold Young;
Produced by Ben Pivar; Screenplay by Griffin Jay & Henry Sucher; Make
Up by Jack P. Pierce; Music by Hans J. Salter. From a story by Neil P.
Varnick. Starring Lon Chaney Jnr., Wallace Ford, George Zucco, Dick Foran,
Turhan Bey, John Hubbard, Edwin Parker, Glenn Strange, Rex Lease.
MUMMY'S GHOST (1943/Universal) 61 Minutes Black & White. 16mm Excellent
Dupe $150
The projectionist here particularly loves the Mummy series because most
fit on one reel. Since they are so short, too, there is less chance he'll
fall asleep and miss the end. There are dozens of movies in this collection
he watched dozens of times and has yet to see the end of. Directed by
Reginald Le Borg; Ex.Produced by Joseph Gershenson; A.Produced by Ben
Pivar; Screenplay by Griffin Jay, Henry Sucher & Brenda Weis berg; Make
Up by Jack P. Pierce; Music by Hans J. Salter. From a story by Griffin
Jay & Henry Sucher. Starring Lon Chaney Jnr ., George Zucco, John Carradine,
Oscar O'Shea, Robert Lowery, Eddie Parker, Ramsay Ames.
THE MUMMY'S CURSE (1944/Universal) 62 Minutes Black & White. 16mm
Excellent Dupe $150
A fitting end to the Mummy series, this movie drips in atmosphere. Look
especially for the reawakening of the princess Anaka. Hollywood glamour
monsters at their peak. Directed by Leslie Goodwins; Ex.Produced by Ben
Pivar; Special Effects by John P. Fulton; Make Up by Jack P. Pierce; Music
by Paul Sawtell. From a story by Bernard L. Schubert, Leon Abrams, Dwight
V. Babcock, & T.H. Richmond. Starring Lon Chaney Jnr., Peter Coe, William
Farnum. THE
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