‘THE MUMMY'

Evening Star, Issue 21354, 7 March 1933, Page 1

‘THE MUMMY'

AMAZING DRAMA FOR EMPIRE All the mystery, intriguing beauty, splendour, and spectacle of the days or the Egyptian Pharaohs will come to the Empire Theatre when Universal’s amazing drama of reincarnation, ‘ The Mummy,’ opens an engagement on Friday. ‘ The Mummy,’ which was conceived by Nina Wilcox Putnam - and ‘Richard. Schayer, and , adapted to the screen by the eminent British writer of the occult, John L. Balderston, deals with an ancient sacrilege committed by a high priest of Osiris and a priestess of Isis. A British archeological expedition unearths the mummy of the priest, l who hkd been embalmed alive as a penalty for his .grime. - . When a sacred scroll is unearthed, the mummy comes to life, bringing to the modern world his/ancient occult secrets. He "discovers the reincarnated soul of his unholy love in a beautiful , Anglo-Egyptian girl, and his efforts to carry her hack through the ages so that _ their love may be consummated provides one of the most singular and ' strangely fascinating themes of any recent screen drama. The film is replete with spectacular sets of ancient Egyptian splendour, executed by the noted stage designer and artist, Willy Pogany. Costumes and relics of the past enhance the' unusual beauty, and effectiveness of * The Mummy/' which presents the great make-up artist, Karloff, in the starring role of the reincarnated mummy. Zita Johann and David Manners provide the love interest of to-day,- which struggles against the power of the past, exemplified byKarloff . Arthur Byron, Edward , Vaix Sloan, and Brain well Fletcher enact the other important parts in the film under the direction of Karl Freund, whose artistic camera eye is evident throughout ‘ The Mummy.’