100th anniversary spotlight collection : Classic monsters / Universal Studios.
The mummy: Brought back to life after nearly 3,700 years, Egyptian high priest Imhotep wreaks havoc upon the members of the British field exposition that disturbed his tomb. While disguised as a contemporary Egyptologist, he falls in love with Zita Johann, whom he recognizes as the latest incarnati...
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| Language: | English |
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Subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing.
English dialogue; French subtitles. |
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Universal City, CA :
Universal Studios Home Entertainment,
[2012], ©2012.
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| Edition: | [100th anniversary spotlight collection]. |
| Series: | Classic monster collection.
Universal 100th anniversary spotlight collection. |
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| Physical Description: | 4 videodiscs (308 min.) : black and white ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Format: | Video DVD |
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The mummy: Brought back to life after nearly 3,700 years, Egyptian high priest Imhotep wreaks havoc upon the members of the British field exposition that disturbed his tomb. While disguised as a contemporary Egyptologist, he falls in love with Zita Johann, whom he recognizes as the latest incarnation of a priestess who dies nearly 40 centuries earlier.
The wolf man: Talbot attempts to rescue Jenny Williams from a nocturnal attack by a wolf. Talbot collapses and, upon reviving he discovers that Jenny is dead and lying by her side is not the body of a beast, but of a gypsy named Bela. The son of the fortune teller Maleva, Bela was a lycanthrope or wolf man, and now that he has been bitten by Bela, Talbot is cursed to suffer the torments of the damned whenever the moon is full.
The invisible man: A mysterious stranger has taken a room at a cozy inn in the British village of lpping. Never leaving his quarters, the stranger demands that the staff leave him completely alone. Working unmolested with his test tubes, the stranger does not notice when the landlady inadvertently walks into his room one morning. But she notices that her guest seemingly has no head! The stranger is a scientist who's left several months earlier while conducting a series of tests with a strange new drug.
Phantom of the opera: A pathetic orchestra violinist worships an aspiring opera singer from afar and has been secretly financing her music lessons. Believing his beloved concerto is stolen he kills the man he holds responsible, but his mistress throws a pan full of acid in his face. After the man leaves the opera house a series of accidents occur and it is threatened that they will continue until the aspiring singer is given leading roles. |
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| Note: | Title from container. The mummy: Based on a story by Nina Wilcox Putnam and Richard Schayer. Videorecording. |
| Call Number: | PN1995.9.H6 O64 2012 VideoDVD |
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Rating: Unrated. |
| Credits: | The mummy: Richard Schayer, writer ; Karl Freund, director. The invisible man: produced by Carl Laemmle, Jr. ; screenplay by R.C. Sherriff ; directed by James Whale. Phantom of the opera: produced by George Waggner ; screenplay by Eric Taylor, Samuel Hoffenstein ; adaptation by John Jacoby ; directed by Arthur Lubin. Based on the composition "Phantom of the opera" by Gaston Leroux. The wolf man: screenplay by Curt Siodmak ; directed by George Waggner. |
| System Details: | DVD, region 1, full screen (1.33:1) presentation; dual layer, Dolby digital 2.0 mono., NTSC. |
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The mummy: Boris Karloff, Zita Johann, David Manners, Bramwell Fletcher, Arthur Bryon.
The wolf man: Lon Chaney, Claude Rains, Warren William, Ralph Bellamy, Patric Knowles.
The invisible man: Gloria Stuart, Claude Rains, W.M. Harrigan, Dudley Digges, Una O'Connor.
Phanton of the opera: Nelson Eddy, Susanna Foster, Claude Rains, Edgar Barrier, Leo Carrillo. |