Saturday 28 December 2019

The Ghost Goes West (1935 René Clair)

A Korda / London production, though not sure who Jean Parker is. Robert Donat is both the titular ghost and its modern day descendant involved in shipping Scottish castle to Florida, where it's updated with some amusement. Eric Keown wrote the source story 'Sir Tristram Goes West' and the screenplay is by Clair, Geoffrey Kerr and Robert Sherwood (The Best Years of Our Lives). With Eugene Pallette, Elsa Lanchester, Ralph Bunker.

Photographed by Hal Rosson; William Hornbeck supervised the editing. Imaginative touches, droll humour, Clair Flair evident!

We'll never get to find out why a kiss in the dark is like a thistle in the heather.


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