| Description |
2 videodiscs (327 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.. |
| Series |
Legacy collection |
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Legacy collection from Heritage West Books.
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| Note |
Region 1, full screen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 2.0 mono. |
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Title from container. |
| Cast |
Boris Karloff, Zita Johann, David Manners, Dick Foran, Peggy Moran, Wallace Ford, Lon Chaney, Jr., John Carradine, Robert Lowery, Peter Coe, Virginia Christine. |
| Credits |
From the story by Nina Wilcox Putnam & Richard Schayer ; screen play, John L. Balderston ; produced by Carl Laemmle, Jr. ; directed by Karl Freund (The mummy). Screen play, Griffin Jay, Maxwell Shane ; original story, Griffin Jay ; produced by Ben Pivar ; directed by Christy Cabanne (The mummy's hand). Screenplay, Griffin Jay, Henry Sucher ; original story, Neil P. Varnick ; directed by Harold Young (The mummy's tomb). Screenplay, Griffin Jay, Henry Sucher, Brenda Weisberg ; original story, Griffin Jay and Henry Sucher ; directed by Reginald LeBorg (The mummy's ghost). Screenplay by Bernard Schubert ; original story and adaptation by Leon Abrams and Dwight V. Babcock ; directed by Leslie Goodwins (The mummy's curse). |
| Note |
Videodisc release of the 1932 (c1933) motion picture and four sequels released from 1940-1944. |
| Audience |
Not rated. |
| Summary |
For the first time ever, the original The Mummy film comes to DVD in the extraordinary Legacy Collection. Included in the collection is the original classic, starring Boris Karloff and four sequels featuring Lon Chaney, Jr. and others. |
| Note |
Special features: includes The Mummy's Hand (1940), The Mummy's Tomb (1942), The Mummy's Ghost (1944) and The Mummy's Curse (1944); Mummy Dearest: a horror tradition unearthed-an original documentary by film historian David J. Skal; film historian Paul M. Jensen provides insightful commentary to the film; The Mummy archives; original theatrical trailers for all films. |
| System Details |
DVD format. |
| Language |
In English with Spanish or French subtitles. |
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Closed-captioned. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
Mummies -- Drama.
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Archaeologists -- Drama.
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Egypt -- Drama.
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Mummy films.
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Horror films.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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| Added Author |
Karloff, Boris, 1887-1969.
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Chaney, Lon, Jr., 1906-1973.
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Foran, Dick, 1910-1979.
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Moran, Peggy, 1918-2002.
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Johann, Zita, 1904-1993.
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Manners, David, 1901-1998.
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Carradine, John.
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Ford, Wallace, 1898-1966.
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Lowery, Robert, 1916-1971.
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Coe, Peter, 1918-1993.
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Christine, Virginia, 1920-1996.
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Freund, Karl, 1890-1969.
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Cabanne, Christy, 1888-1950.
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Young, Harold, 1897-1972.
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LeBorg, Reginald.
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Goodwins, Leslie, 1899-1969.
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Laemmle, Carl, Jr., 1908-1979.
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Universal Pictures (Firm)
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Universal City Studios.
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| ISBN |
1417011092 |
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9781417011094 |
| Standard No. |
025192545320 |
| Music No. |
25453 Universal |
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