It was produced by famous playerslasky and distributed through paramount pictures. 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. The ghost breakers is a 1940 american mysteryhorror comedy film directed by george marshall and starring bob hope and paulette goddard. The ghostbreakers the screen directors playhouse drama.
There are a lot of similarities between the two films but the ghost breakers is even better. Willie best also appeared in that film in a major role. Filmed in 1940, director george marshalls elegantly eerie spookfest looks better with each passing year. The ghost breakers photos view all photos 1 movie info. Paulette goddard is his luscious companion and as his valet the. The project gutenberg ebook of the ghostbreaker by dickey.
All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license. Larry lawrence hope, sought in connection with a murder he did not commit, eludes new york police by hiding in a steamer trunk. 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. Buy or rent the ghost breakers movie now family video. Green and starred wallace reid in one of his last screen roles. Ghost breakers dvd movie buy it now at cd universe. 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. A radio broadcaster, his quaking manservant, and an heiress investigate the mystery of a haunted castle in cuba. 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. Lawrence flees new york to avoid being mistakenly arrested for murder. Great cast richard carlson creature from the black lagoon anthony quinn zorba the greek etc. 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. The play, the ghost breaker, by paul dickey and charles w. With bob hope, paulette goddard, richard carlson, paul lukas.
The ghost breaker is a 1909 haunted house farcical play written by paul dickey and charles w. The ghost breakers 1940 paramount film with paulette. In spite of the trials that beset her, she manages to find something to be glad about, and. An orphan girl is thrust into the home of a maiden aunt. The ghost breakers, dvd, comedyclassic, 0251921226. When autoplay is enabled, a suggested video will automatically play next.
Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. The ghost breakers 1940 the ghost breakers 1940 a 9. The ghost breaker is a 1922 american silent horror comedy film about haunted houses and ghosts. 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. It later was the basis of the 1953 martin and lewis movie scared stiff. She is joined by radio broadcaster larry lawrence bob hope who is fleeing new york with.
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. The ghost breakers has some honest scary moments for its day, its almost as scary as it is funny. Goddard, was filmed twice as a silent film, in 1914 directed by cecil b. Funny movie quotes from the ghost breakers with bob hope and paulette goddard the great dictator. Its from the ghost breakers 1940 with bob hope and paulette goddard. 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. Try to force another player to spell a word, or else try to get a player to say a. The play was filmed a final time as scared stiff 1953, starring dean martin and jerry lewis. The story, based on the 1909 play the ghost breaker by paul dickey and charles w. Rent the ghost breakers 1940 starring bob hope and paulette goddard on dvd and bluray. 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. Radio man bob hope helps havana woman paulette goddard with haunted mansion.
Bob is hired to accompany a beautiful girl to castle maldito in cuba. Soon the trunk and larry are aboard a ship bound for cuba, where the trunks owner, pretty. She is joined by radio broadcaster larry lawrence who. Anacin, rca victor chesterfield commercial deleted. September 1948 december 1948 number of issues published. Home games ghost master ghostbreakers the ghostbreakers are besieged inside the police precinct from the unusual suspects. Along with the abbott and costello films hold that ghost and abbott and costello meet frankenstein and hope and.
The glad play, by catherine chisholm cushing, after the novel by eleanor h. There is only one trapped spirit, windwalker, in this level or the original three from the unusual suspects on revisits. Rent the ghost breakers 1940 on dvd and bluray dvd. Ghost breakers, the 1940 movie clip am i protruding. 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. 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. Bob hope, in top form, plays a radio star who finds himself in the middle of a havanabound hauntedhouse mystery. Ghost master walkthrough ghostbreakers port forward. 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. Try not to spell a word of length 4 letters or more. 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. Goddard, it was adapted into a 1940 film starring bob hope called the ghost breakers it had also been adapted in a 1914 film, the ghost breaker 1914 film and a 1922 film, the ghost breaker 1922 film. 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.
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