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Directed by George Marshall
USA 1940
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Screen greats Bob Hope (My Favorite Brunette, Road to Utopia) and Paulette Goddard (Nothing But the Truth, Reap the Wild Wind) co-star in another comedy-thriller, a year after their smash hit The Cat and the Canary. Ghosts and gags collide in this witches’ brew of laughs, with Bob Hope as a Manhattan radio commentator who finds himself marooned on an island of the walking dead! Larry Lawrence (Hope), 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 (Goddard), is sailing to take possession of a recent inheritance: a “haunted” castle. Sensing that Mary is in danger, Larry and his valet Alex (Willie Best, Whispering Ghosts) precede her to the island, which is inhabited by a ghost, a zombie and perhaps even a flesh-and-blood fiend. There’s romance, comedy and chills as Hope and Goddard contend with earthly and un-earthly foes—and try to keep from ending up as ghosts themselves. Director George Marshall (Murder, He Says) also directed the 1953 remake, Scared Stiff, starring Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis. The stellar cast includes Paul Lukas (The Lady Vanishes), Anthony Quinn (Zorba the Greek) and Paul Fix (El Dorado). *** After intrepid working girl Mary Carter becomes the new owner of a reputedly haunted mansion located on Black Island near the Cuban coast, a stranger phones warning her to stay away from the castle. Undaunted, Mary sets sail for Cuba with a stowaway in her trunkwise-cracking Larry Lawrence, a radio announcer who helps Mary get to the bottom of the voodoo magic, zombies and ghosts that supposedly curse the spooky estate. |
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Theatrical Release: June 7th, 1940
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Review: Kino - Region 'A' - Blu-ray
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Also, coming to Blu-ray, in a two disc edition with The Cat and the Canary, by Imprint in October 2020:
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| Distribution | Kino - Region 'A' - Blu-ray | |
| Runtime | 1:25:04.682 | |
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1.33 :1 1080P Single-layered Blu-rayDisc Size: 23,112,843,442 bytesFeature: 21,015,220,224 bytes Video Bitrate: 29.43 MbpsCodec: MPEG-4 AVC Video |
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DTS-HD Master
Audio English 1555 kbps 2.0 / 48 kHz / 1555 kbps / 16-bit (DTS Core: 2.0 /
48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 16-bit) Dolby Digital Audio English 192 kbps 2.0 / 48 kHz / 192 kbps |
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Release Information: Studio: Kino
1.33 :1 1080P Single-layered Blu-rayDisc Size: 23,112,843,442 bytesFeature: 21,015,220,224 bytes Video Bitrate: 29.43 MbpsCodec: MPEG-4 AVC Video
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• NEW Audio Commentary by Author/Film Historian Lee Gambin
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The Eureka - Region 'B' Blu-ray of The Ghost Breakers is compared HERE
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On their
Blu-ray,
Kino use a DTS-HD Master dual-mono track (16-bit) in the
original English language. It is another advancement in the film's audio
and a score credited to Dr. Ernst Toch (I
Walk Alone,
The Cat and the Canary,
Address
Unknown,
Dr.
Cyclops), and uncredited
Victor Young (Strategic
Air Command, The
Sun Shines Bright,
The Accused,
Johnny Guitar,
China Gate etc.)sounding a bit deeper with
more consistent dialogue. Kino offer optional English
subtitles on their Region 'A'
Blu-ray.
The Kino
Blu-ray
George Marshall's The Ghost
Breakers
is as fun as
The Cat and the Canary (although I may have liked the 1939 film
a bit more.). See if you can see Robert Ryan as an uncredited 'intern'
and of course early Anthony Quinn who is here briefly. These Hope /
Goddard films really work well - it's a shame Kino could swing
Nothing But the Truth
to make a
Blu-ray
boxset. I had a lot of fun with both
The Cat and the Canary and
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