The Ghost

1911

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Dell Henderson and Mack Sennett in The Ghost (1911)

A ghost has been the regular nightly visitor at a certain house so long that the occupants have gotten used to it. Three crooks, reading an account of it in the newspaper, decide, each unkno... Read allA ghost has been the regular nightly visitor at a certain house so long that the occupants have gotten used to it. Three crooks, reading an account of it in the newspaper, decide, each unknown to the other, to go and impersonate the ghost long enough to rob the house, knowing tha... Read allA ghost has been the regular nightly visitor at a certain house so long that the occupants have gotten used to it. Three crooks, reading an account of it in the newspaper, decide, each unknown to the other, to go and impersonate the ghost long enough to rob the house, knowing that the occupants will take no heed of the presence of the ghost. The scheme might have work... Read all

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Oh What Will Become Of The Ghost?

Mack Sennett, Dell Henderson and Charles West are three crooks. Over some drinks, they read of a house owned by two rich ladies. They live there, along with a ghost, which doesn't disturb them. The three crooks each comes up with the idea of dressing up as the ghost and robbing the house. If discovered, each reasons, he will pretend to be the ghost.

Well, that might work with one crook, but when all three dress up as spirits, the only people they scare is each other.

We're still at Biograph with Sennett, so he can't simply dive in, but must set up the situation, and each must have his moments of comic reactions. Speed was not an issue at Biograph. It would only be when Sennett set up on his own that the editing became much tighter.... and much funnier.