This was another popular film, especially in the UK, a decade after the discovery of Tutankhaman. It starred Boris Karloff as Imothep, a priest originally buried alive but now resurrected after the disturbance to his tomb. He's chasing the reincarnation of his ancient love Princess Ankh-es-en-Amen who's conveniently in Cairo for him. There's not a great deal of suspense in the film; we know exactly what he's about from the first minutes but Karloff's grim charisma keeps it watchable throughout. It also has one or two envelope-pushing moments such as a graphic skewering and Karloff's knife pressing into the heroine's abdomen.
Zita Johann ( as Helen Grosvenor / Princess Ankh-es-en-Amen )
Sex : Ankh had been carrying on with Imothep before her death. As Ankh, Zita wears a fairly revealing costume but she's rather flat-chested and not all that attractive actually.
Death : Ankh died a couple of millennia ago but the cause is not given. Helen survives.
Zita was born in Austria-Hungary but her family moved to the USA in 1911. She quit the movie business after just seven films , preferring to work in the theatre although she did make a comeback , over fifty years later, in a film we will be covering. She died in 1993 aged 99.
Florence Britton ( as Nurse )
Sex : No
Death : Survives
Shamefully uncredited despite having half a dozen lines in this, Florence was a 23 year old from San Francisco who never rose out of supporting roles and made her last picture in 1933. She later worked as a story editor for CBS in the fifties. She died in 1987 aged 77.
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