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Doc Martin4	Mummy's Hand Interviews?	Lead	[-]
Apr 13 12 12:54 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I'm working on an article on THE MUMMY'S HAND for the next Mad Scientist. Of course, I have the Universal Horrors book, as well as the recent Universal Mummy book from McFarland. My search through my (admittedly incomplete) index of Tom Weaver interview books hasn't come up with any interview subjects involved with this particular film (although I've found some online interviews with Peggy Moran). Could any of you point me in the direction of any sources with info on the making of and release of THE MUMMY'S HAND? I'd happily send out a comp copy of the next issue to anyone who can help me! Martin....................... Publisher of Mad Scientist "I'm a scientist; I don't believe in anything."
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skelton knaggs		#1	[-]
Apr 13 12 9:02 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Here's something. Don't rightly know if it will help.But sure damn interesting anyway..... While we think of Lillian Gish from this era as D.W. Griffith's go-to girl—e.g., The Birth of a Nation, Broken Blossoms and Way Down East—her chief collaborator in 1916 was a Griffith protege, director Christy Cabanne, and maybe this accounts for the uncharacteristic nature of Gish's performance. While Cabanne isn't nearly as imaginative a director as Griffith, perhaps he didn't so narrowly conceive of Gish as the embodiment of a virginal Victorian fantasy, allowing him to see in Gish possibilities Griffith never did. "You can't smell any reefer, can you"?
skelton knaggs		#2	[-]
Apr 15 12 5:10 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Again not much help to you with any interview links but this was so outrageously out there in price....Thought I'd just add this to the Mulligan..... Original Universal Pictures Scene Lobby Card (11x14). Fine condition. Original Universal Pictures Scene Lobby Card (11x14) for the Christy Cabanne horror adventure, THE MUMMY'S HAND (1940) starring Dick Foran, Peggy Moran, Wallace Ford, and Tom Tyler as the Mummy. This is the story of a couple of comical, out-of-work archeologists (Foran and Ford) who discover evidence of the burial place of the ancient Egyptian princess Ananka. This film was not a sequel to Karloff's THE MUMMY (1932) but the start of an entirely different series of films featuring the mummy Kharis, played in this feature by Tyler and by Lon Chaney Jr. in the subsequent features. This original scene lobby card is in fine condition—with a corner missing, numerous pin holes, staining in the border, and a 1" tear in the lower left section of the image. Only two scene cards show the mummy and this is one of them. Not easily found. Price: $2,750.00 "You can't smell any reefer, can you"?
Doc Martin4		#3	[-]
Apr 16 12 8:31 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	That's a great lobby card! I love those colors. It's impressive how little seems to have been written about this film... Publisher of Mad Scientist "I'm a scientist; I don't believe in anything."
Ted Newsom		#4	[-]
Apr 16 12 2:16 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	There's a small bit of my interview with Peggy Moran in 100 YEARS OF HORROR, which may be on line, but it doesn't account for much. She was a lovely lady, btw.
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skelton knaggs		#5	[-]
Apr 16 12 2:23 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Ted Newsom wrote: She was a lovely lady, btw. Spoken by a true lovely man! "You can't smell any reefer, can you"?
Doc Martin4		#6	[-]
Apr 16 12 3:34 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Thanks Ted. I have 100 YEARS OF HORROR on DVD, so I'll check that out. From the interviews I've seen with her online, she sounds like a great person. I regret never having the chance to meet her in person. Publisher of Mad Scientist "I'm a scientist; I don't believe in anything."
Ted Newsom		#7	[-]
Apr 17 12 6:56 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Her dad was a very popular pin-up calendar painter, btw. Painted Marilyn Monroe a couple times, too. She didn't have a great deal to say... the show may be on youtube somewhere.
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