Three Live Ghosts is a 1929 American Pre-Code comedy film directed by Thornton Freeland and starring Beryl Mercer, Harry Stubbs, and Joan Bennett; with Robert Montgomery, and Tenen Holtz. The screenplay concerns three veterans of World War I who return home to London after the armistice, only to find they have been mistakenly listed as dead.[1] It was based on the 1920 play Three Live Ghosts by Frederic S. Isham.
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| Directed by | Thornton Freeland |
| Written by | Helen Hallett Max Marcin |
| Story by | Sally Winters |
| Based on | Three Live Ghosts 1920 play by Frederic S. Isham Max Marcin |
| Produced by | Max Marcin |
| Starring | Beryl Mercer |
| Cinematography | Robert H. Planck |
| Edited by | Robert Kern |
| Music by | Hugo Riesenfeld |
| Distributed by | United Artists |
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Running time | 8 reels (7,486 feet) |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Made in the early sound era when Hollywood savored any successful play and its dialogue, this film is a rendition of the Broadway play and also a remake of the 1922 Paramount silent, Three Live Ghosts. Mercer, McNaughton, and Allister would reprise their roles for a 1936 remake produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
Plot
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Cast
edit- Beryl Mercer as Mrs. Gubbins
- Hilda Vaughn as Peggy Woofers
- Harry Stubbs as Bolton
- Joan Bennett as Rose Gordon
- Nanci Price as Alice
- Charles McNaughton as Jimmie Grubbins
- Robert Montgomery as William Foster
- Claud Allister as Spoofy
- Arthur Clayton as Paymaster
- Tenen Holtz as Crockery Man
- Shayle Gardner as Briggs
- Jack Cooper as Benson
- Jocelyn Lee as Lady Leicester
See also
editReferences
editExternal links
edit- Three Live Ghosts at IMDb
- Synopsis at AllMovie
- Three Live Ghosts at the TCM Movie Database
- Three Live Ghosts at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
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