The Smiling Ghost

1941
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1h 11m

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6.4/10

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David Bruce, Wayne Morris, and Alexis Smith in The Smiling Ghost (1941)

An heiress seems to be cursed as each of her intended grooms meets with a horrible end.

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Dark Comedy Whodunnit Comedy Horror Mystery Romance

An heiress seems to be cursed as each of her intended grooms meets with a horrible end.An heiress seems to be cursed as each of her intended grooms meets with a horrible end.An heiress seems to be cursed as each of her intended grooms meets with a horrible end.

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IMDb RATING

6.4/10

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See production info at IMDbPro

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Trivia
Wayne Morris' last movie before he went off to World War II. He would go on to become an ace U.S. Navy fighter pilot. He was awarded four Distinguished Flying Crosses and two Air Medals. He wouldn't appear in another film until 1947 in Le repaire du forçat (1947).

Goofs
The iron lung was not turned on. If on, the membrane around the man's head would be pulsating in and out.

Quotes
Clarence: [Carrying bags up the stairs] What do a valet do?
Norton: [Also carrying bags up the stairs] You mean you don't know?
Clarence: No, sir.
Norton: Then that makes two of us don't know.

Soundtracks
Bridal Chorus (Here Comes the Bride)
(1850) (uncredited)
from "Lohengrin"
Written by Richard Wagner
Hummed by Wayne Morris
Played on piano by Lee Patrick at the wedding

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Featured review

8/10

An EXCELLENT "Old House" film!

A man is hired (for $1000) to be engaged to a beautiful heiress for a month. Unbeknowst to him, she is known as the "Kiss of Death" girl, and every one of her 3 previous suitors has been murdered by "the Smiling Ghost".

An excellent, eerie "old house" film with secret panels, a midnite opening of a family crypt, the great "scared reaction' antics of Willie Best, and (of COURSE!) the creepy-looking "smiling ghost" all make this a top-notch yarn.

DEFINITELY worth seeing!

Norm