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The ghost breakers / [a Paramount Picture] ; screenplay writer, Walter DeLeon ; director, George Marshall.

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Format:
Video
Contributor:
DeLeon, Walter, 1884-1947, screenwriter.
Marshall, George, 1891-1975, film director.
Hope, Bob, 1903-2003, actor.
Goddard, Paulette, 1911-1990, actor.
Carlson, Richard, 1912-1977, actor.
Lukas, Paul, 1894-1971, actor.
Quinn, Anthony, 1915-2001, actor.
Best, Willie, 1916-1962, actor.
Paramount Pictures, Inc., film production company.
Universal Pictures (Firm), publisher.
Series:
Bob Hope, the tribute collection
Language:
English
French
Spanish
Subjects (All):
Dickey, Paul, 1885-1933--Film adaptations.
Dickey, Paul.
Goddard, Charles, 1879-1951--Film.
Goddard, Charles.
Goddard, Charles, 1879-1951.
Murder--Investigation--New York (State)--New York--Drama.
Murder.
Haunted castles--Cuba--Drama.
Haunted castles.
Murder--Investigation.
Manhattan (New York, N.Y.)--Drama.
Manhattan (New York, N.Y.).
Cuba.
New York (State)--New York.
New York (State)--New York--Manhattan.
Genre:
Comedy films.
Film adaptations.
Video recordings for hard of hearing people.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Feature films.
Drama.
Fiction films.
Mystery films.
Video recordings.
Physical Description:
1 videodisc (1 hr., 25 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
monochrome
Place of Publication:
Universal City, CA : Universal, [2002]
Language Note:
English dialogue, Spanish or French subtitles; Closed-captioned.
System Details:
DVD, Dolby digital 2.0 mono. 1.33:1 full frame.
digital optical mono
video file DVD video
Summary:
Larry Lawrence, a Manhattan radio commentator sought in connection with a murder he did not commit, eludes New York police by hiding in a steamer trunk. Soon the trunk and Larry are aboard a ship bound for Cuba, where the trunk's owner, pretty Mary Carter, is sailing to take possession of a recent inheritance: a haunted castle.
Mary's inherited her family's huge castle off the coast of Cuba. Together with a radio broadcaster on the run from the mob and his butler, they discover the castle is haunted.
Participant:
Bob Hope, Paulette Goddard, Richard Carlson, Paul Lukas, Anthony Quinn, Willie Best.
Notes:
Based on the play The ghost breaker / by Paul Dickey and Charles W. Goddard.
Originally produced as motion picture in 1940.
Special features: Entertaining the troops; command performance 1944; Hollywood victory caravan; photography gallery; theatrical trailer; production notes; cast and filmmakers; DVD-ROM features.
ISBN:
078325508X
9780783255088
OCLC:
49541420
Publisher Number:
025192121326
21213 Universal

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