The much later Universal film The Mummy (1999) also suggests that it is a remake of the 1932 film, but has a different story line. Hammer's follow-ups - The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb (1964), The Mummy's Shroud (1966) and ' Blood from the Mummy's Tomb (1971) - are unrelated to the first film or even to each other. In the late 1950s, British Hammer Film Productions took up the Mummy theme, beginning with The Mummy (1959), which, rather than being a remake of the 1932 Karloff film, is based on Universal's The Mummy's Hand (1940) and The Mummy's Tomb (1942). The Mummy's Hand recycled footage from the original film for use in the telling of Kharis' origins Karloff is clearly visible in several of these recycled scenes, but he is not credited. These films focus on the mummy named Kharis. These were later followed up in the spoof Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy (1955). Unlike Frankenstein and Dracula, and other Universal horror films, this film had no official sequels, but rather was semi-remade in The Mummy's Hand (1940) and its sequels: The Mummy's Tomb (1942), The Mummy's Ghost (1944), and The Mummy's Curse (1944). The sequence was cut from the film by Karl Freund due to time. The Saxon Warrior was originally part of a long flashback sequence showing all of Helen’s past lives from ancient Egypt to the present. Henry Victor is listed in the credits but never appears in the film. Zita Johann as Helen Grosvenor/Princess Ankh-es-en-Amon.Boris Karloff as Ardath Bey/Imhotep (billed as Karloff).
Muller, Frank calls Helen back to the world of the living while the Scroll of Thoth continues to burn. This breaks the spell that had given Imhotep his immortality, causing him to age rapidly and then crumble to dust. The statue of Isis raises its arm and emits a beam of light that sets the Scroll of Thoth on fire. She is saved when she remembers her past life and prays to the goddess Isis to save her. Believing her to be Ankh-es-en-amon's reincarnation, he attempts to kill her, with the intention of mummifying her, resurrecting her, and making her his bride. Imhotep encounters Helen Grosvenor (Zita Johann), a woman bearing a striking resemblance to the Princess.
The archaeologists find the tomb, give the mummy and the treasures to the Cairo Museum, and thank Ardath Bey for the information. He shows them where to dig to find Ankh-es-en-amon's tomb. He calls upon Sir Joseph's son Frank (David Manners) and Prof. Imhotep escapes from the archaeologists, taking the Scroll of Thoth, and prowls Cairo seeking the modern reincarnation of Ankh-es-en-amon.ġ0 years later, Imhotep is masquerading as a modern Egyptian named Ardath Bey. Despite Muller's warning, Sir Joseph's assistant Ralph Norton (Bramwell Fletcher) reads aloud an ancient life-giving scroll – the Scroll of Thoth. The usual scar made by the embalmers knife is not there." Sir Joseph Wimple responds, "I guessed as much." Muller then deduces that Imhotep was buried alive for sacrilege. Muller (Edward Van Sloan) inspects the mummy and exclaims "The viscera were not removed.
Imhotep had been mummified alive for attempting to resurrect his forbidden lover, the princess Ankh-es-en-amon. 3.4 Reboot and shared cinematic universeĪn ancient Egyptian priest called Imhotep (Boris Karloff) is revived when an archaeological expedition in 1921, led by Sir Joseph Whemple (Arthur Byron), finds Imhotep's mummy.