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The Ghost Goes West is a British romantic comedy / fantasy film from 1935.

This rather cosmopolitan production combines an Hungarian-born British Producer, a French director, and an American writer in a British film.

Plot outline

The daughter of an American businessman persuades him to purchase a castle in Scotland, dis-assemble it to move it to Florida in pieces. Along with the castle goes the castle’s ghost.

The ghost of Murdoch Glourie haunts the castle after dying a coward’s death in the 18th century. To rest he must find a member of the enemy Clan MacClaggan and have him admit that one Glourie is worth fifty MacClaggans. The plot resembles Oscar Wilde’s The Canterville Ghost (1887).

This film was Rene Clair’s first English-language film. After a further film in England, Clair moved to Hollywood. This film contrasts an old world ghost with American vulgarity.

Cast

Robert Donat
Murdoch Glourie/Donald Glourie
Jean Parker
Peggy Martin
Eugene Pallette Mr. Martin
Elsa Lanchester
Miss Shepperton
Ralph Bunker Ed Bigelow
Patricia Hilliard Shepherdess
Everley Gregg Mrs. Martin
Hay Petrie The McLaggen

Details

Producer - Alexander Korda
Director - Rene Clair
Screenplay - Geoffrey Keir & Robert E. Sherwood
Story - Eric Keown
Cinematography - Howard Kosson
Music - Michael Spolianksi
Special effects - Ned Mann
Production Design - Vincent Korda.
Awards - 1936 Venice Film Festival, Rene Clair nominated for Mussolini Cup. (This movie was the biggest grossing movie of the year 1936 in Great Britain)
Length: 95 minutes
Black & White

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