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THE MUMMY'S GHOST (1944)

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Ted Newsom		#21	[-]
Jul 13 12 1:22 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Lon Jr. wasn't right for the part, physically (in my humble opinion), and the mask was a way to make him look frightening. As a mummy in CASA and on the Halloween episode of "Route 66" he looks terrible. (Again, just one man's opinion.) Awww, quit handin' me that. There ain't nuthin' wrong with a well-fed mummy.
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Ted Newsom		#22	[-]
Jul 13 12 1:26 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Actually, I also have a tough time seeing Chaney in the performance of any of the films. In the first, though, there is one notable insert shot where apparently they put the mask on either a dummy or a stuntman to bop him with a torch, and it does look a lot different than the other scenes. Why didn't they make it look more like Chaney, more recognizable? Who knows. Could be that the whole purpose of him doing characters in full make-up was to disguise his face rather than make it obvious (though that would negate the purpose in having him do it in the first place, wouldn't it?). The one existing shot of his own make-up from One Million BC sure don' look like the Lonster I know.
Joe Karlosi		#23	[-]
Jul 14 12 6:04 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	For you guys who have a tough time spotting Chaney traits in the films -- I don't know what to tell ya. Believe me, they're there. I wish you could spot them... to me the most animated bits of Chaney business are in THE MUMMY'S GHOST, particularly the early scene where Kharis goes to kill professor Norman --- he pauses in the doorway with a tilt of body language as he eyes his target (think back to SON OFDRACULA's fiery "put it out!" climax and the way Alucard looks down at the fallen Frank with an angry tilt just before he seizes him from the ground to strangle him once more) and then reaches to strangle professor Norman with his hand opening and closing, and then the way he turns to us after the killing and kind of moves his body up and down as if breathing mightily. "Guy named Squeamy got thrown from the fifth floor. He's deader'n a mackerel."
Wich2		#24	[-]
Jul 14 12 8:55 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I can see his beer gut in several mid-shots; a fit stuntman wouldn't have that endearing trait.
Grant		#25	[-]
Jul 14 12 9:17 AM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	On the site "1001 Misspent Hours," it's pointed out that when Kharis sees the priest developing a letch for the girl once more (and complicating their revenge plot), Lon gives a comical "Here we go again!" kind of look that's pretty convincing.
CapnDunsel		#26	[-]
Jul 14 12 12:30 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	in the previous film (TOMB), Lon gives a startled look when Bey outlines his romantic plans (which were already borrowed from the previous film, HAND). Seems out of place for him to react at all. Just prior to that moment, he's off in the corner with a tail-between-his-legs look that makes me feel bad for the character; he's more like an abused henchman than a monster (ie Karloff in The RAVEN or Naish in HOUSE OF FRANKENSTEIN). What's the explanation for Zucco aka Andoheb appearing in GHOST when he expired in TOMB? In TOMB, he says he waited (I assume for astrological reasons) 30 years for revenge. In GHOST, he's sending Carradine to get Kharis and Ananka returned to Egypt. It's clear in Mapleton that these events are years after TOMB, so there's no way GHOST was a prequel.
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blackbiped		#27	[-]
Jul 14 12 4:42 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Well, the new priests were such total wash-outs at their job that poor old Andoheb had to keep coming back to life to hand off the baton to the next loser. And he's the one who started the whole "sudden schoolboy crush on the pretty girl" thing in the first place. The only priest in the entire series who was on the ball was Peter Coe, and they went and stuck him with a henchman who possessed all the previous bad traits himself. Legend, oh legend, the third wheel legend...always in the way. Porfle's Secret Blog HK and Cult Film News Andersonvision.com
gene phillips		#28	[-]
Jul 14 12 5:35 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Speaking of the fact that Amina survives in her original body into the next film-- any idea how that happens? My recollection is that Yussuf offers to give her a mummy-drug or something of the kind, but Kharis kills Yussuf first. So what's animating her when she rises from the Louisiana swamp? NATURALISTIC! UNCANNY! MARVELOUS!
gene phillips		#29	[-]
Jul 14 12 5:38 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	CapnDunsel wrote: in the previous film (TOMB), Lon gives a startled look when Bey outlines his romantic plans (which were already borrowed from the previous film, HAND). Seems out of place for him to react at all. Just prior to that moment, he's off in the corner with a tail-between-his-legs look that makes me feel bad for the character; he's more like an abused henchman than a monster (ie Karloff in The RAVEN or Naish in HOUSE OF FRANKENSTEIN). What's the explanation for Zucco aka Andoheb appearing in GHOST when he expired in TOMB? In TOMB, he says he waited (I assume for astrological reasons) 30 years for revenge. In GHOST, he's sending Carradine to get Kharis and Ananka returned to Egypt. It's clear in Mapleton that these events are years after TOMB, so there's no way GHOST was a prequel. In TOMB Andoheb sighs deeply and slumps on his throne as if he's just died, but it's not stated that he died. Even if it was, it would be easier to come back from that than from his fate at the end of HAND-- a bullet in the gut and rolling down a series of steps! NATURALISTIC! UNCANNY! MARVELOUS!
TomWeaver999		#30	[-]
Jul 14 12 10:11 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	<< My recollection is that Yussuf offers to give her a mummy-drug or something of the kind, but Kharis kills Yussuf first. << No, she gets injected ... I think! As I'm sure I mentioned in the past, in MUMMY'S GHOST, Egypt starts getting talked about like it's a real nice place ("It's as modern and up-to-date as any other country") and even the ancient gods of Egypt gods are depicted as all-around Mr. Nice Guys -- 'cause it was World War II and Washington wouldn't let moviemakers do anything EXCEPT talk nice-nice about our allies.
CapnDunsel		#31	[-]
Jul 14 12 10:36 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	TomWeaver999 wrote: As I'm sure I mentioned in the past, in MUMMY'S GHOST, Egypt starts getting talked about like it's a real nice place ("It's as modern and up-to-date as any other country") and even the ancient gods of Egypt gods are depicted as all-around Mr. Nice Guys I watched it last night, and had to laugh when he says that about Egypt. gene phillips wrote: So what's animating her when she rises from the Louisiana swamp? Swamp gas? gene phillips wrote: In TOMB Andoheb sighs deeply and slumps on his throne as if he's just died, but it's not stated that he died. Even if it was, it would be easier to come back from that than from his fate at the end of HAND-- a bullet in the gut and rolling down a series of steps! I got the impression Andoheb was passing down the torch to the next priest, the same as had been done for him in HAND (and that old priest died immediately after, right?). But in hindsight, I guess we're suppose to think either Andoheb had an attack of the vapors and nodded off, or a cloud blocked the skylight above him. Bottom line: any religion which requires its priests to be celibate is asking for trouble. Would have been funny if throughout the film series, Andoheb (speaking for himself or for Kharis) and Ananka had occasionally said "Reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated."
CapnDunsel		#32	[-]
Jul 17 12 6:05 PM Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	"The devil's on the loose and he's dancin' with the mummy!"
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