'NEW' LAUREL AND HARDY FILM
FOR LOVE OR MUMMY

Production company: Coast Entertainment (Kenneth M. Badish), 1998
Produced by: Larry Harmon, John Cherry, Kenneth M. Badish
Associate producer: Terry Edinger
Direction: Larry Harmon and John Cherry
Screenplay: Jeffrey Pillars, Joseph Dattorre
Photography: James Robb S.A.S.C.
Editors: Craig Bassett, Virgilio DaSi
Production design: Chris August
Costume designer: Yvonne de Necker:

Actors: Bronson Pinchot (Laurel), Gailard Sartain (Hardy), F. Murray
Abraham (Professor Covington), Susan Danford (Leslie)

Shot on location in South Africa.

Bronson Pinchot, Gailard Sartain en F. Murray Abraham in
"For Love Or Mummy - The All New Adventures of Laurel and Hardy"

THE OFFICIAL SYNOPSIS
In ancient Egypt. the mighty and ruthless Pharao Houtah, having made a pact
with the Demon of the Underworld, is placed in his burial chamber. An
unholy union with a bride, born at a specified time, failed to take place
and the Pharao must sleep for another three thousand years until the stars
align once more and bring forth a new bride to complete the evil of the
Serpent Spirit.
Three thousand years hence, we meet Laurel and Hardy as they prepare to
attend a meeting of the Fraternal Order of the Nile. The Order is honored
to receive Abdullah Farouk, who had brought the sarcophagus bearing the
mummy of Pharao Houtah from Egypt to Augusta Bay, Florida. Eager to impress
Farouk, Laurel and Hardy volunteer to transport the precious sarcophagus
from the dock to the local museum, where it will form part of an exhibition
of Egyptian artifacts.
The exhibition has been arranged by Professor Covington, an Egyptologist
who rose to prominence some years earlier after discovering the tomb of
Pharao Houtah. Professor Covington presides over the museum with his
daughter, Leslie, and is delighted at being able to exhibit the sarcophagus
bearing Houtah's mummy. He is unaware that his beloved Leslie is the chosen
bride of Pharao Houtah and that Farouk's reasons for bringingh the mummy to
Florida have little to do with the exhibition.
When Laurel and Hardy, after much hilarious bungling, finally manage to
deliver the sarcophagus to the museum, Ollie is captivated by Leslie and
falls hopelessly in love with her. Leslie, oblivious to Ollie's feelings
for her and grafeful of their efforts, invites both he and Stan to the
opening of the exhibition.
As invited guests mingle at the opening ceremony of the exhibition,
Leslie falls for the charms of the scheming Farouk much to
Ollie's dismay; meantime, in the room where the sarcophagus is housed, the
mummy stirs.
The mummy escapes and begins the search for his chosen bride. This puts him
on a collision course with the hapless Laurel and Hardy as they try to
outsmart him and protect Leslie from his evil clutches. The Professor
explains to them that the only hope they have of neautralising the mummy is
by returning him to the sarcophagus, so our heroes head for the museum in
order to fetch the sarcophagus. The mummy kidnaps Leslie and takes her to a
harbor warehouse where an alter has been erected for their marriage
ceremony.
In a gripping climax, Laurel and Hardy burst into the warehouse where they
find Leslie laid out on the alter in preparation for the wedding ceremony
that has been orchestrated and is to be presided by Farouk. While our
heroes tackle the irrepressible Mummy, Leslie dispatches Farouk with a live
cobra. After a hefty struggle, Laurel and Hardy finally manage to topple
the unfortunate mummy into the sarcophagus and rescue Leslie.


Note: Larry Harmon obtained the rights to the characters and likenesses of
Laurel and Hardy in the 60s, when he signed a contract with Stan Laurel and
Oliver Hardy's widow.

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