The Ghost Walks

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During a stormy night at an old dark mansion, people who claim to see ghosts roaming the halls are later found murdered.During a stormy night at an old dark mansion, people who claim to see ghosts roaming the halls are later found murdered.During a stormy night at an old dark mansion, people who claim to see ghosts roaming the halls are later found murdered.

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Awkward Mystery-Comedy

A stageplay producer and his assistant are invited to an old house during a rainstorm with unexpected results.

The movie's played more for laughs than for shivers. Erskine (Arthur) and Wood (Carle) are played very broadly, and in Erskine's case with a fey undercurrent. In fact the rather clever screenplay appears to be having a good time with innuendo. There are two good twists to the story, but I kept waiting for the ghost who never seemed to arrive. In fact, the little programmer is more a light-hearted mystery than anything scary. And who is Eve Sothern (Beatrice). I've never seen her before, but with her gorgeously angular features, she furnishes the movie's one riveting moment when she first appears, zombie-like. Anyway, this could have been a good little mystery-fright film had those in charge decided to drop the awkward comedic overlay.

dougdoepke
Jan 17, 2013
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The model shots of the house during the storm are identical to those used in the movies 'One Frightened Night' 1935 and 'Twin Husbands' 1933.

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Herman Wood: Was tha - was that the clock?
Homer Erskine: Ye - yes, I - I - I guess so. I - I - I think so. It must have been. But it's a union clock.
Herman Wood: What do you mean?
Homer Erskine: Well, it strikes any old time.