The Mummy's Ghost

The Mummy's Ghost (1944)

Nameless! Fleshless! Deathless!

An Egyptian high priest travels to America to reclaim the bodies of ancient Egyptian princess Ananka and her living guardian mummy Kharis. Learning that Ananka's spirit has been reincarnated into another body, he kidnaps a young woman of Egyptian descent with a mysterious resemblance to the princess. However, the high priest's greedy desires cause him to lose control of the mummy...

Date of release
1944-06-30
TMDB
5.6 / 10 (89)
Runtime
1h 0m
Genres
Horror, Fantasy
Director
Reginald Le Borg
Collection
The Mummy (Universal) Collection

Casting

Interesting facts

The Mummy's Ghost is a 1944 American horror film directed by Reginald LeBorg for Universal. It is the second of three sequels to The Mummy's Hand (1940), following The Mummy's Tomb (1942) and preceding The Mummy's Curse (1944). Lon Chaney Jr. again takes on the role of Kharis the mummy.

Production

The Mummy's Ghost was directed by Reginald LeBorg who began his film career in the mid-1930s as an extra at Paramount Pictures and MGM. LeBorg staged opera sequences in a number of musicals and worked on second unit for MGM eventually working at Universal on a short musical She's for Me (1943).

The Mummy's Ghost began filming on August 23, 1943. According to LeBorg, actress Acquanetta had the co-starring role in the film as Amina, but she had a fainting spell, collapsed during filming and struck her head. This led to her being replaced with Ramsay Ames.

Frederick C. Othman visited the set of The Mummy's Ghost and talked with Chaney who openly discussed his discomfort in his outfit of the mummy Kharis, stating that "I sweat and I can't wipe it away. I itch and I can't scratch". LeBorg spoke of difficulty working with Chaney on set, stating that in the scene where Kharis attacks Professor Norman, Chaney seized Frank Reicher's throat and "squeezed so forcefully that Reicher nearly fainted".

Filming ended September 1, 1943. The 2023 BearManor Media book "The Mummy's Ghost" by Gregory W. Mank and Tom Weaver provides the full story of the making of the movie, plus script, pressbook and other extras.

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