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The Mummy's Curse: Including the Original Shooting Script
Universal Filmscripts Classic Horror Films #11.
The final Mummy film! Introduction by the grandson of horror mega-star Lon Chaney, Jr. and interviews with starlett Virgina Christine ("Princess Anaka"). Rare photographs and complete shooting script. How is it that make-up mastermind Jack Pierce almost permanently disfigured the young and beautiful Christine? What was Chaney's real opinion of the Mummy role? What is the legacy of the Universal's Mummy series?
The final Mummy film! Introduction by the grandson of horror mega-star Lon Chaney, Jr. and interviews with starlett Virgina Christine ("Princess Anaka"). Rare photographs and complete shooting script. How is it that make-up mastermind Jack Pierce almost permanently disfigured the young and beautiful Christine? What was Chaney's real opinion of the Mummy role? What is the legacy of the Universal's Mummy series?
144 pages, Paperback
First published October 19, 2000
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March 27, 2024
Finally ... a book detailing the story of a making of a Universal Horror Classic movie without excessive amounts of padding, and without trying to be the reincarnation of "Famous Monsters of Filmland" magazine! THE MUMMY'S CURSE book was exactly what I'd hoped it would be with lots of good information (and a couple of surprising revelations).
Like the other books about the "Mummy" series, it is filled with photographs, the backstory about the production itself, and a Pressbook. It also has the text of the original screenplay. This time, however, instead of a section that describes all of the differences, the reproduced screenplay includes notes on the pages showing portions that were changed or omitted. So, it was very easy to "skim" through to see the text that matched the final release print, or read in full what had been originally envisioned.
There was a most curious feature in the Pressbook that had me smiling. These supplements often supplied ready-made "news stories" designed to highlight certain aspects of the film and the people who worked on it. (This marketing ploy was often very successful for newspapers that merely wanted "filler.") Contained in the Pressbook for THE MUMMY'S CURSE was an article called "Virginia Christine - A Barefoot Actress." In it, the text describes how she managed "hardening the soles of her feet sufficiently so she could walk on almost any kind of ground without discomfort." I won't give away the secret which will undoubtedly induce many potential Readers to buy the book! But, a contributing factor was that "Miss Christine hails from the corn country, and when a child, went without shoes all summer."
Yes, I enjoyed that! The entire book was a fun read.
Like the other books about the "Mummy" series, it is filled with photographs, the backstory about the production itself, and a Pressbook. It also has the text of the original screenplay. This time, however, instead of a section that describes all of the differences, the reproduced screenplay includes notes on the pages showing portions that were changed or omitted. So, it was very easy to "skim" through to see the text that matched the final release print, or read in full what had been originally envisioned.
There was a most curious feature in the Pressbook that had me smiling. These supplements often supplied ready-made "news stories" designed to highlight certain aspects of the film and the people who worked on it. (This marketing ploy was often very successful for newspapers that merely wanted "filler.") Contained in the Pressbook for THE MUMMY'S CURSE was an article called "Virginia Christine - A Barefoot Actress." In it, the text describes how she managed "hardening the soles of her feet sufficiently so she could walk on almost any kind of ground without discomfort." I won't give away the secret which will undoubtedly induce many potential Readers to buy the book! But, a contributing factor was that "Miss Christine hails from the corn country, and when a child, went without shoes all summer."
Yes, I enjoyed that! The entire book was a fun read.
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