{"id":40135,"date":"2025-10-01T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-01T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=40135"},"modified":"2025-09-30T17:31:33","modified_gmt":"2025-09-30T21:31:33","slug":"the-mummy-1932-starring-boris-karloff-z-view","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=40135","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;The Mummy&#8221; (1932) starring Boris Karloff \/ Z-View"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/stallonezone.com\/zone\/2025\/z100125zview_mummy.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"768\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>The Mummy <\/strong><\/em>(1932)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Director:\u00a0 <strong>Karl Freund<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Screenplay:\u00a0 <strong>John L. Balderston<\/strong><strong>; <\/strong>story by <strong>Nina Wilcox Putnam, Richard Schayer<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Stars: <strong>Boris Karloff, Zita Johann, David Manners, Noble Johnson, Leonard Mudie <\/strong>and <strong>Edward Van Sloan<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Tagline:<em> A love that defied time drives a beautiful girl to her doom!<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Plot\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">An archaeological expedition discovers the ancient burial chamber of Imhotep.\u00a0 Through a study of the mummifed body and writings left in the chamber, it is learned that a curse was placed on Imhotep. Although wrapped in the traditional cloth of the dead, Imhotep was buried alive!\u00a0 Placed with Imhotep was the <em>Scroll of Thoth<\/em>.\u00a0 The scroll was believed to hold secrets that return the dead to life.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">When one of the archaeologists reads the scroll, he is driven insane as he witnesses the resurrection of Imhotep.\u00a0 Imohotep escapes.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Years pass.\u00a0 Imhotep has worked his way into modern society. He is now Ardath Bey, an expert in ancient Egyptian history.\u00a0 When Imhotep\/Bey meets Helen Grosvenor he falls in love.\u00a0 Imohotep believes Helen to be the reincarnation of the Princess he dared to love&#8230; and that cost him his life.\u00a0 Determined to have her at any cost, Imhotep plans to kill, mummify and revive her.\u00a0 Then they will both be immortal.<\/p>\n<p>How do you stop something that has beaten death?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong style=\"font-size: inherit; color: var(--text-color); font-family: var(--text-font);\">Thoughts (beware of spoilers)\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>The Mummy<\/em> was inspired by the discovery of Pharaoh Tutankahmen&#8217;s tomb.\u00a0 There allegedly was a curse on anyone who broke the burial chamber seal.<\/p>\n<p>Boris Karloff, who became a big star after <em>Frankenstei<\/em>n, was cast as the lead for <em>The Mummy<\/em>.\u00a0 Although a star, his face was again hidden by make-up.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>The Mummy <\/strong><\/em>(1932) rates 3 of 5 stars.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/stallonezone.com\/zone\/logo\/zview_c.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"100\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/stallonezone.com\/zone\/2025\/z100125zview_mummy2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"373\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Mummy (1932) Director:\u00a0 Karl Freund Screenplay:\u00a0 John L. 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