UK, 1935
95m
35mm film, black and white, 1.37:1
mono (“recorded on Western Electric Sound System Noiseless Recording”), English
A British comic fantasy film directed by René Clair.
Plot Summary
An American businessman buys a Scottish castle and has it flown brick by brick to the States where he has it carefully reconstructed. What he didn’t know is that it comes with a hidden extra – it’s haunted.
Credits
Crew
Directed by: René Clair
London Film Productions Ltd presents an Alexander Korda production. A London Film production
Production Manager: David B. Cunynghame
Film Play by: Robert E. Sherwood
Based on the Story by: Eric Keown
Scenario by: Geoffrey Kerr
Assistant Directors: Imlay Watts, Albert Valentin
Photography by: Harold Rosson
Supervising Editor: William Hornbeck
Film Editor: Harold Earle-Fischbacher
Musical Compositions by: Michael Spolianski
Musical Director: Muir Mathieson
Recording Director: A.W. Watkins
Costume Director: René Hubert
Robert Donat’s Costumes Designed by: John Armstrong
Special Effects Directed by: Ned Mann
Sets Designed by: Vincent Korda
Studio: Denham Studio, Denham, Buckinghamshire, England, UK
Cast
Robert Donat (Murdoch Glourie/Donald Glourie)
Jean Parker (Peggy Martin)
Eugene Pallette (Mr Martin)
Elsa Lanchester (Miss Shepperton)
Ralph Bunker (Ed. Bigelow)
Patricia Hilliard (Shepherdess)
Everley Gregg (Mrs Martin)
Morton Selten (The Glourie)
Chili Bouchier (Cleopatra)
Mark Daly (Murdoch’s groom)
Herbert Lomas (Fergus)
Elliott Mason (Mrs MacNiff)
Hay Petrie (The McLaggen)
Quentin McPhearson (Mackaye)
Alternative Titles
Il fantasma galante – Italy
El fantasma va al oeste – Spain
Fantôme à vendre – France
Gespenst auf Reisen – Austria
Ein Gespenst geht nach Amerika – Germany
Kummitus muuttaa länteen – Finland
Spöket reser västerut – Sweden
Vende-se um Fantasma – Portugal
Links
Extracts included in
Sir Alexander Korda (1893-1956) (1956)
References
Periodicals
- Castle of Frankenstein no.10 p.36
- Film Weekly vol.n376 (28 December 1935) p.25
- Hollywood Spectator vol.10 no.8 (1 February 1936) pp.10-11
- Image et Son no.75/76 (October 1954) p.21
- Kinematograph Weekly no.1496 (19 December 1935)
- Monthly Film Bulletin vol.2 no.23 (December 1935) p.194
- Motion Picture Herald vol.122 no.1 (4 January 1936)
- Today’s Cinema vol.76 no.6192 (20 February 1951) p.6
Books
- British Sound Films: The Studio Years 1928-1959 by David Quinlan p.74 – credits, synopsis
- Caligari’s Children: The Film as Tale of Terror by Siegbert Solomon Prawer p.10
- English Gothic: A Century of Horror Cinema by Jonathan Rigby p.7
- Frightfest Guide to Ghost Movies by Axelle Carolyn p.43
- Ghosts and Angels in Hollywood Films by James Robert Parish p.124 – credits
- Reference Guide to Fantastic Films by Walt Lee p.160 – credits
- The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Fantasy by David Pringle (general ed.) p.44 – credits, review
