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Topic: The MUMMY 400ft version Universal 8
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Carter Bradley
Expert Film Handler
Posts: 156
From: Greensboro, NC, USA
Registered: Dec 2007
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posted January 23, 2012 05:29 PM
There are a number of differences between the Castle 200' and Universal 8 400' versions. The Castle edit is a masterpiece with nice flow and disolves. Therefore if you edit the two together there is a bit of a continuity problem, but I find this is well worth the added footage since (like many other Universal 8 edits) the 400' version seems to start in the middle of the storyline. By editing the two together one may achieve: (400') Universal's main titles, (200') "The scroll of Thoth" titles, current dig finding 3700 year old tomb, (400) extended reading of the scroll of Thoth and Mummy coming to life, the Mummy meeting his love's reincarnation and the (unedited I believe) flashback of the Mummy's origin, Helen's fiance confronting her about meeting the Mummy, the Mummy placing a spell upon Frank allowing Helen to meet him, (200) newspaper clipping announcing the unearthed tomb and artifacts placed in the Cairo museum, the Mummy calling his love, her leaving a ball in a trance, arriving at the museum (with some additional dialogue), (400) continuation of this scene in which Helen realizes she is the reincarnation of the Mummy's love, her plea to Isis to save her from death and the Mummy destroyed. This last scene is considerably longer in the 400' version. No orignial Universal end titles, just a fade out and "Universal 8" end card. My 200' and 400' have similar quality (the 400' doesn't seem to be a multi-generation dupe as is the case with some other Universal 8 titles) so the edits almost do not seem noticeable.
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