The ghost breaker is a 1909 haunted house farcical play written by paul dickey and charles w. It was produced by famous playerslasky and distributed through paramount pictures. Radio man bob hope helps havana woman paulette goddard with haunted mansion. Filmed in 1940, director george marshalls elegantly eerie spookfest looks better with each passing year. She is joined by radio broadcaster larry lawrence who. An orphan girl is thrust into the home of a maiden aunt. Green and starred wallace reid in one of his last screen roles. Lawrence flees new york to avoid being mistakenly arrested for murder.
There are a lot of similarities between the two films but the ghost breakers is even better. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. Bob is hired to accompany a beautiful girl to castle maldito in cuba. In spite of the trials that beset her, she manages to find something to be glad about, and. The ghost breakers has some honest scary moments for its day, its almost as scary as it is funny. The glad play, by catherine chisholm cushing, after the novel by eleanor h. The play was filmed a final time as scared stiff 1953, starring dean martin and jerry lewis. September 1948 december 1948 number of issues published. The ghost breakers, dvd, comedyclassic, 0251921226. Soon the trunk and larry are aboard a ship bound for cuba, where the trunks owner, pretty. There is only one trapped spirit, windwalker, in this level or the original three from the unusual suspects on revisits.
All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license. Try to force another player to spell a word, or else try to get a player to say a. Buy or rent the ghost breakers movie now family video. Try not to spell a word of length 4 letters or more. The ghost breaker is a 1922 american silent horror comedy film about haunted houses and ghosts. Ghosts and gags collide in this witches brew of laughs, with bob hope as a manhattan radio commentator who finds himself marooned on an island of the walking dead. Anacin, rca victor chesterfield commercial deleted. Its from the ghost breakers 1940 with bob hope and paulette goddard.
Ive been informed that the paramount elements held by universal are both limited and sometimes lacking in quality, and the mostly excellent picture here is a welcome surprise. Goddard, was filmed twice as a silent film, in 1914 directed by cecil b. The ghost breakers photos view all photos 1 movie info. Along with the abbott and costello films hold that ghost and abbott and costello meet frankenstein and hope and. Ghost adventures is the best paranormal show of the decade, and its just getting started holiday gift ideas for fans of star wars, marvel, game of thrones, and more watch this now. Neff blasts the voodoo hoodoo art by bob powell, django jinks ghost chaser in the ghost of devon, the ghost of the pyramid priest, tao anwar boy magician in taos televised trickery art by joe maneely, and a dr. Ghost breakers, the 1940 movie clip am i protruding. Rent the ghost breakers 1940 on dvd and bluray dvd. Funny movie quotes from the ghost breakers with bob hope and paulette goddard the great dictator.
A radio broadcaster, his quaking manservant, and an heiress investigate the mystery of a haunted castle in cuba. The story, based on the 1909 play the ghost breaker by paul dickey and charles w. Carson cant keep up with rodney dangerfields nonstop oneliners 1974 duration. The project gutenberg ebook of the ghostbreaker by dickey. Paulette goddard is his luscious companion and as his valet the.
Undaunted, mary sets sail for cuba with a stowaway in her trunkwisecracking larry lawrence, a radio announcer who helps mary get to the bottom of the voodoo magic, zombies and ghosts that. It was adapted by screenwriter walter deleon as the third film version of the 1909 play the ghost breaker by paul dickey and charles w. Parada paul lukas, whom we know is a crook, is trying to convince mary paulette goddard that the cuban estate shes inherited is haunted, rescued by relatively heroic bob hope, as radio chatterbox larry, whos on the steamship to escape from gangsters, in the ghost breakers, 1940. When autoplay is enabled, a suggested video will automatically play next.
After intrepid working girl mary carter becomes the new owner of a reputedly haunted mansion located on black island near the cuban coast, a stranger phones warning her to stay away from the castle. The ghost breakers is a 1940 american mysteryhorror comedy film directed by george marshall and starring bob hope and paulette goddard. Ghost breakers dvd for sale if you like castles,zombies and humor you will like this movie and hope gets the girl in the end remade in the 50,s with martin and lewis scared stiff i like this one best. The ghost breakers was a boxoffice hit, and following another road picture with crosby, paramount again teamed hope with paulette goddard, in nothing but the truth 1941. Great cast richard carlson creature from the black lagoon anthony quinn zorba the greek etc. Larry lawrence hope, sought in connection with a murder he did not commit, eludes new york police by hiding in a steamer trunk.
Ghost master walkthrough ghostbreakers port forward. It later was the basis of the 1953 martin and lewis movie scared stiff. The ghost breakers 1940 the ghost breakers 1940 a 9. Home games ghost master ghostbreakers the ghostbreakers are besieged inside the police precinct from the unusual suspects. Bob hope, in top form, plays a radio star who finds himself in the middle of a havanabound hauntedhouse mystery. Willie best also appeared in that film in a major role. The play, the ghost breaker, by paul dickey and charles w. The ghost breakers 2002 after intrepid working girl mary carter paulette goddard becomes the new owner of a reputedly haunted mansion located on black island near the cuban coast, a stranger. Mary carter paulette goddard inherits her family s ancestral home, located on a small island off cuba, and, despite warnings and death threats, decides to take possession of the haunted castle.
Paramount followed up its successful bob hopepaulette goddard costarrer the cat and the canary 1939 by warming up another venerable old dark house stage play, paul dickey and charles goddards the ghost breaker, pluralizing the title to accommodate both stars. Ghost breakers dvd movie buy it now at cd universe. The two stars of the cat and the canary find love and laughter in a haunted house mary carter inherits her familys ancestral home, located on a small island off cuba, and, despite warnings and death threats, decides to take possesion of the reputedly haunted castle. Rent the ghost breakers 1940 starring bob hope and paulette goddard on dvd and bluray. The ghost breakers 1940 paramount film with paulette goddard and bob hope e8x1f1 from alamys library of millions of high resolution stock photos, illustrations and vectors.
She is joined by radio broadcaster larry lawrence bob hope who is fleeing new york with. Universals the ghost breakers dvd is part of its bob hope the tribute collection, and looks much better than another entry in the series that savant sampled. The ghost breakers 1940 paramount film with paulette. With bob hope, paulette goddard, richard carlson, paul lukas.
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