The Mummy's Ghost (1944)

Director:

Reginald Le Borg

Writers:

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

Beautiful Woman | Curse | Jealousy | Mummy | Princess

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)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Steve Barclay	...	Tom's Classmate (uncredited)
David Bruce	...	Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
Caroline Cooke	...	Townswoman (uncredited)
Bess Flowers	...	Scared Pedestrian (uncredited)
Fay Holderness	...	Woman (uncredited)
Mira McKinney	...	Mrs. Martha Evans (uncredited)
Jack Rockwell	...	Second Deputy (uncredited)
Jack C. Smith	...	Deputy Joe (uncredited)
Pietro Sosso	...	Priest (uncredited)
Ivan Triesault	...	Scripps Museum Guide (uncredited)
Dorothy Vaughan	...	Mrs. Ada Blake (uncredited)
Carl Vernell	...	Student (uncredited)
Martha Vickers	...	Miss McLean, a student (uncredited)
Eddy Waller	...	Ben Evans (uncredited)
Anthony Warde	...	Detective at Museum (uncredited)

Directed by
Reginald Le Borg

Writing credits
Griffin Jay		(story) and
Henry Sucher		(story)
Griffin Jay		(screenplay) &
Henry Sucher		(screenplay) &
Brenda Weisberg		(screenplay)

Produced by
Ben Pivar	....	associate producer

Original Music by
Frank Skinner		(uncredited)

Cinematography by
William A. Sickner		(as William Sickner)

Film Editing by
Saul A. Goodkind		(as Saul Goodkind)

Art Direction by
John B. Goodman
Abraham Grossman

Set Decoration by
Russell A. Gausman		(as R.A. Gausman)
Leigh Smith		(as L.R. Smith)

Costume Design by
Vera West		(gowns)

Makeup Department
Jack P. Pierce	....	special makeup artist

Sound Department
Bernard B. Brown	....	sound director
Jess Moulin	....	sound technician

Music Department
Hans J. Salter	....	musical director (as H.J. Salter)
Ralph Freed	....	composer: stock music (uncredited)
Charles Previn	....	composer: stock music (uncredited)
Hans J. Salter	....	composer: stock music (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Universal Pictures

Distributors

• Universal Pictures (1944) (USA) (theatrical)
• Realart Pictures (1948) (USA) (theatrical) (re-release)
• Screen Gems (1957) (USA) (TV)
• MCA/Universal Home Video (1996) (USA) (VHS)
• MCA/Universal Home Video (2001) (USA) (DVD)
• MCA/Universal Home Video (????) (USA) (video) (laserdisc)
• Universal Home Entertainment (2004) (USA) (DVD)
• Universal Home Entertainment (2007) (USA) (DVD)

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

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:

Edited into The Mummy's Ghost (1966)

The Mummy's Ghost (1944) **

Perhaps the weakest film in the "Kharis" series, despite the presence of John Carradine (miscast as an Egyptian high priest) and George Zucco (as his predecessor, hilariously afflicted by a bad case of Parkinson's Disease) supporting Lon Chaney Jr. as the titular creature - if indeed it was him under the bandages, as his contribution is negligible at best! It's a watchable 60 minutes in itself, I guess, but the standards have considerably lowered when compared even to the two previous entries, and the end result is strictly routine and not at all memorable. Just about the only interesting feature here is the fact that the female lead happens to be the reincarnation of Princess Ananka, mentioned a great deal in earlier films but never actually seen.