The Mummy's Ghost (1944)

User Rating:

5.2/10   

Director:

Reginald Le Borg

Writers:

Griffin Jay (story) and
Henry Sucher (story) ...

Release Date:

7 July 1944 (USA)

Genre:

Horror

Tagline:

Nameless! Fleshless! Deathless!

Plot:

An Egyptian high priest (John Carradine) travels to America to reclaim the bodies of ancient Egyptian...

Plot Keywords:

Mummy | Princess | Reincarnation | Jealousy | Secret Cult

Cast

John Carradine	...	Yousef Bey
Robert Lowery	...	Tom Hervey
Ramsay Ames	...	Amina Mansouri / Ananka
Barton MacLane	...	Inspector Walgreen
George Zucco	...	Andoheb, High Priest of Arkan
Frank Reicher	...	Prof. Matthew Norman
Harry Shannon	...	Sheriff Elwood
Emmett Vogan	...	Coroner
Lester Sharpe	...	Dr. Ayad, Scripps Museum
Claire Whitney	...	Mrs. Ella Norman
Oscar O'Shea	...	Scripps Museum Watchman
Lon Chaney Jr.	...	Kharis (as Lon Chaney)

Also Known As:

The Mummy's Return (USA) (working title)

Runtime:

61 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Recording)

Certification:

Sweden:15 | UK:H | UK:PG (video rating) (1989) | USA:Unrated

Company:

Universal Pictures

Trivia:

The early shot of Yousef Bey, played by John Carradine, ascending the stairs to the temple where he will present himself to the aging High Priest Andoheb (George Zucco), is actually footage of Zucco as a much younger Andoheb doing the exact same thing in The Mummy's Hand (1940).

Goofs:

Continuity: The Mummy has a limp right arm folded helplessly across his chest. When he encounters the fainted Amina, he lifts her up in both arms with no problem, and as soon as he puts her down his right arm returns to its crippled position once again.

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Creature Features: Bride of Frankenstein/The Mummy's Ghost (#1.2)" (1970)

The Mummy's Ghost (1944) **1/2

Despite the increasingly familiar nature of these Mummy sequels, this one still has enough to make it brisk and enjoyable. A significant boost is added in casting John Carradine as the newest high priest, who keeps Kharis fed and back on the march - this time with a new angle in trying to reunite the mummy with his princess Ananka, now reincarnated into the form of a sexy modern woman (Ramsay Ames).

For some reason, Lon Chaney thankfully invests some character into Kharis this time, allowing him to become angered, frustrated, and even saddened during the course of the movie. The biggest drawback for this chapter is that Robert Lowery and Ramsay Ames are pretty lousy as the two leading lovers. Universal stock music is used to great effect in many sequences, and there is an offbeat ending that may be the best one of the series.