The Mummy's Ghost

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John Carradine, Lon Chaney Jr., Ramsay Ames, Barton MacLane, and George Zucco in The Mummy's Ghost (1944)

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Kharis the mummy is given a sacred potion that grants him eternal life to search for his lost love, Princess Ananka, despite the unending curse that haunts them.Kharis the mummy is given a sacred potion that grants him eternal life to search for his lost love, Princess Ananka, despite the unending curse that haunts them.Kharis the mummy is given a sacred potion that grants him eternal life to search for his lost love, Princess Ananka, despite the unending curse that haunts them.

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Awards
- 1 nomination total

Kharis
(as Lon Chaney)

John Carradine

Yousef Bey

Robert Lowery

Tom Hervey

Ramsay Ames

Amina

Barton MacLane

Inspector Walgreen

George Zucco

High Priest

Frank Reicher

Professor Norman

Harry Shannon

Sheriff

Emmett Vogan

Coroner

Lester Sharpe

Doctor Ayad

Claire Whitney

Mrs. Norman

Oscar O'Shea

Watchman

Steve Barclay

Tom's Classmate
(uncredited)

David Bruce

Radio Announcer
(voice)
(uncredited)

Noble 'Kid' Chissell

Townsman
(uncredited)

Caroline Frances Cooke

Townswoman
(uncredited)

Oliver Cross

Museum Tourist
(uncredited)

William Desmond

Museum Tourist
(uncredited)

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Trivia
In the scene where Kharis trashes the Scripps Museum, Lon Chaney Jr. drove his fist through real glass--it was supposed to be breakaway glass, but the prop man forgot to replace it before shooting started--and a shard of it flew up and cut him through his mummy mask in his chin. In this scene, Kharis can be seen bleeding, and it's real blood.

Goofs
A stock shot of George Zucco climbing the temple steps from The Mummy's Hand (1940) is used to represent Yousef Bey (John Carradine), which means that by the time Carradine actually faces the now-elderly Zucco to receive instructions, he appears to have lost about forty pounds and gained a full head of dark hair.

Quotes
Yousef Bey: Has any man before ever offered his bride the gift of eternal life?

Connections
Edited into The Mummy's Ghost (1968)

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5/10

The Mummy Rises Again!

"The Mummy's Ghost" is a sequel to "The Mummy's Tomb" (1942). In that film Kharis the Mummy (Lon Chaney) perished in a house fire. Also the old high priest (George Zucco) dies of old age while handing over his powers to a new high priest. In this film we find out that not only did Kharis survive the fire unscathed but the old high priest turns up alive and shaking.

This entry has the High Priest Yousef Bey (John Carradine) being assigned the task of going to America to retrieve the mummies of Kharis and his queen Ananka. Hero Tom Hervey (Robert Lowery) is courting a beautiful Egyptian by the name of Amina Mansouri (Ramsay Ames). Meanwhile Yousef Bey sets about arranging to take the two mummies back to Egypt. To this end he unleashes Kharis upon the community to murder anyone who stands in their way.

At the same time Amina starts to experience blackouts as she is being gradually taken over by the spirit of Ananka (the "ghost" of the title) to become the re-incarnation of Queen Ananka. This suddenly becomes a point of issue between Kharis and Yousef Bey until......

Becoming a "B" movie second feature series, the films did nonetheless benefit from Universal's expertise in making this kind of film. Although it features a "B" list cast and runs a scant 61 minutes, it is still an entertaining way to spend an hour.

Lon Chaney would continue in the role of the Mummy in "The Mummy's Curse" (1944) the final film in the series.