USA, 1920
25m
35mm film, black and white (tinted), 1.33:1
silent
An American comedy horror film directed by Alfred J. Goulding using the name Alf Goulding.
Plot Summary
A man tries numerous times to commit suicide before running into a lawyer looking for someone to stand in as a groom in order to help him secure an inheritance in the form of a house for a client. But the house seems to be haunted by the ghost of the woman’s uncle.
Credits
Crew
Directed by: Alf Goulding [real name: Alfred J. Goulding]
Hal Roach presents. Rolin Films
Titles: H.M. Walker
Director of Photography: Walter Lundin
Cast
Harold Lloyd (the boy)
Mildred Davis (the girl)
Wallace Howe [real name: Wally Howe] (the uncle)
Alternative Titles
Entgeisterte Gespenster – West Germany (television)
Er im Haus des Schreckens – Germany
Haunted Spooks – USA
Hemsökta spöken – Sweden
Kummitusjahti – Finland (DVD)
Kummitusyö – Finland
Le manoir hanté – France
La mansión encantada – Spain
Megkísértett kísértetek – Hungary
On ve strasidelném dome – Czech Republic
Det spøger! – Denmark
Uklete utvare – Serbia
Испуганные призраки – Russia
ロイドの化物退治 – Japan
Links
Extracts included in
World of Comedy (1962)
References
Periodicals
- Castle of Frankenstein no.24 p.50
Books
- Euro Gothic: Classics of Continental Horror Cinema by Jonathan Rigby p.49
- Horror and Science Fiction Films II by Donald C. Willis p.165
- The Palgrave Encyclopedia of American Horror Film Shorts 1915-1976 by Gary D. Rhodes and David J. Hogan p.125-126
- Recovering 1940s Horror Cinema: Traces of a Lost Decade by Mario DeGiglio-Bellemare, Charlie Ellbé and Kristopher Woofter (eds.) pp.115, 125n7
- Reference Guide to Fantastic Films by Walt Lee p.186
- Silent Films, 1877-1996: A Critical Guide to 646 Movies by Robert K. Klepper p.179
