Ghoul, 1933

Boris Karloff stars in this British horror film, where he plays the part of Prof. Henry Morlant, a dying Egyptologist who purchased “The Eternal Light” a rare Egyptian artifact, where if placed in the hand of Anubis after death, would grant the owner immortality. Naturally, everyone in the film wants the artifact for themselves, but patiently waited until the eccentric professor had passed away. After an elaborate burial, Morlant rises from the dead to retrieve his stolen jewel!

Original British movie poster

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Martians View a Football Game

The Martian astronomer stepped forward with an expectant thrill. He was about to take his first peep through the newly perfected telescope at the earth. For many years the work on this wonderful instrument had been prosecuted. It was, at last, to enable the people of the red planet to learn just what kind of beings inhabited the interesting sphere which they had so long been studying. Telescopes which had served to bring the earth to within an apparent distance of 200 miles of
their own globe had long been in use by the Martian astronomers, but now they were to be able to see their neighbor at an advantage which they had never previously enjoyed. The new Instrument was so powerful that the observer gazing through it would see the earth as plainly as if it had had actually been within hailing distance. Continue reading “Martians View a Football Game”