Not a single gunshot. Not a single gun. The hero was kinda wimpy, but the heroine was sassy. The creature was pretty frightening. The flashbacks to ancient Egypt and the backstory of Imhotep and Anck Su Namun was majestic.
Of course, I am talking about the 1932 version. Rachel Weisz has nothing on Zita Johann who was smart and sexy. The snappy comebacks flowed effortlessly from her tongue.
David Manners as Frank Whemple was dashingly handsome, but something of a wimp. Still, he showed bravery when called upon and didn't need an entire armory to do so.
Boris Karloff as Imhotep/Ardeth Bey was creepy. He was able to project a sense of the supernatural with just his eyes. No sand storms, no marching skeletons, no swarms of locusts.
IMDB lists Nina wilcox Puntnam, Richard Schayer and John L. Balderston as the writers of this version and as "uncredited" writers of the 1999 version.
Since the 1999 script adhered so closely to the basics of the 1932 script, they should have also been credited with that script too, IMHO.
Only after watching the 1932 version do I realize how tacked on the gunfights really are in the 1999 version. And how unnessary the computer generated special effects really are. In fact, they detract from the story.
