Mummy Dearest: A Horror Tradition Unearthed Page #2

 
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1999
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When I finally saw pictures of Rameses,

I found he was kinda different-looking.

It wasn't quite the same effect.

I think, actually, putting the make-up on

for The Mummy and taking it off

took longer than

the make-up for Frankenstein.

I only know what I've read,

and I read something about, I think,

eight hours to do the mummy.

Which I can believe - especially since

Pierce had to wrap his body as well.

Back in those days they only had spirit

gum, cotton, collodion, stuff like that,

but something we even do today

is called an old-age stipple,

where you actually stretch

the person's skin.

And I'm sure what he did

is paint a layer of spirit gum on Karloff,

stick some cotton on - and I understand

he used Egyptian cotton,

I think just because it was finer cotton -

glued that on, painted over it with either

more spirit gum or collodion, and dried it.

Then, once it was dry, he released it

and it would form these wrinkles.

And I'm sure he did many layers.

Where it didn't form enough

he'd add a bit more and build it up.

Very tedious, time-consuming,

very painful, I'm sure, for Boris.

I still can't believe... Having this collodion

and stuff around your eyes,

he must have teared up

through this whole process.

Had to hold his breath as well, I'm sure.

Fortunately, he didn't have

to wear the bandages as lmhotep

except for a very brief

period of time on camera.

But it was really excruciatingly painful

to take that make-up off.

I know that they spent hours and hours

and hours putting it on for the first day.

My understanding was

Pierce didn't even consider the fact

that Boris might have to relieve himself

some time during the day,

and that became a bit of a problem.

And when they completed it, he said

"You've done a wonderful job,

but you've forgotten to give me a fly."

For the exotic dual role

of Princess Anck-es-en-Amon

and her modern-day counterpart,

Universal cast the Hungarian-born

New York stage actress Zita Johann.

Zita Johann had been a powerhouse

Broadway dramatic actress of the 1920s.

She had played in Machinal,

in which she played a murderess who

goes screaming to the electric chair.

Terrific dramatic actress. She believed in

what she called "the theatre of the spirit".

She sat in her dressing room

before performing, said her prayers,

"died unto herself", as she put it,

and became her character.

There's death there for me.

And life for something else

inside me that isn't me.

But it's alive too, and fghting for life.

Save me from it, Frank. Save me.

With this almost sacred

approach to acting,

at the same time she had a very

enormous disrespect for Hollywood.

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David J. Skal

David John Skal (born June 21, 1952 in Garfield Heights, Ohio) is an American cultural historian, critic, writer, and on-camera commentator known for his research and analysis of horror films and horror literature. more…

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