Tag Archives: Egypt
Chandu the Magician (1932)
In The Spider (1931), Edmund Lowe (Dinner at Eight) portrayed Chatrand the Great, a hypnotist and magician who solves a murder. Its success led Lowe to take on the role of the similar (and similarly named) Chandu the Magician (1932), reuniting … Continue reading
Posted in Theater Fantastique
Tagged 30's, Action, astral projection, Bela Lugosi, Chandu, death ray, Edmund Lowe, Egypt, Fantasy, hypnotism, Irene Ware, Marcel Varnel, William Cameron Menzies, Yogi
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Cleopatra (1970)
Osamu Tezuka’s follow-up to the hugely ambitious A Thousand and One Nights (1969) was the second “Animerama” feature from his studio Mushi Productions: Cleopatra (1970). If anything, it was even more ambitious than its predecessor. It’s another adult animated epic, but this time told … Continue reading
Posted in Theater Inkwell
Tagged 70's, Animation, Cleopatra, Egypt, Eiichi Yamamoto, Japan, Osamu Tezuka, Psychedelic, Science Fiction, sexploitation, Surreal
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The Mummy (1959)
The Mummy (1959) was the third in Hammer’s classic trilogy of Peter Cushing/Christopher Lee match-ups, revisiting and revitalizing classic monsters of horror. The first, The Curse of Frankenstein (1957), completely reimagined the Mary Shelley novel and, like the studio’s earlier SF … Continue reading
Posted in Theater Caligari
Tagged 50's, Christopher Lee, Egypt, Hammer, horror, Mummy, Peter Cushing
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