The Galloping Ghost (serial)

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The Galloping Ghost
Galloping Ghost poster.jpg
Film poster
Directed byB. Reeves Eason
Benjamin H. Kline
Written byFord Beebe
Wyndham Gittens
Produced byNat Levine
StarringHarold "Red" Grange
Dorothy Gulliver
Tom Dugan
Gwen Lee
Ralph Bushman
Cinematography
Benjamin H. Kline
Ernest Miller
Edited by
Music byLee Zahler
Distributed byMascot Pictures
Release date
  • September 1, 1931 (1931-09-01) (United States)
Running time
12 chapters (226 minutes)
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

The Galloping Ghost is a 1931 American pre-Code Mascot serial film directed by B. Reeves Eason and Benjamin H. Kline. The title is the nickname of the star, American football player Red Grange.

Plot[]

Red Grange is thrown off the Clay College football team in disgrace when his friend, Buddy Courtland, takes a bribe to throw the big game and Red attacks him. Red then proceeds to investigate and hunt down the head of the gambling ring responsible. Red eventually clears his name and both he and Buddy are reinstated on the team.

Cast[]

  • Harold 'Red' Grange as Red Grange, Clay College football star who is thrown off the team in disgrace after being framed for planning to throw the next game
  • Dorothy Gulliver as Barbara Courtland, Buddy's sister and Red's girlfriend
  • Tom Dugan as Jerry, Red's stuttering cabbie comedy sidekick
  • Gwen Lee as Irene Courtland, Buddy's secret wife who blackmails Buddy because their marriage will get him thrown out of Clay College
  • Ralph Bushman as Buddy Courtland, Red's friend who took the bribe that resulted in Red being thrown off the team
  • Theodore Lorch as Dr Julian Blake, the 'crippled stranger' and villainous brain surgeon
  • Walter Miller as George Elton
  • Edward Hearn as Coach Harlow
  • Ernie Adams as Brady, henchman
  • Tom London as Mullins, henchman
  • Frank Brownlee as Tom, cab garage manager
  • Edward Peil, Sr. as Coach of Baxter Team
  • Stepin Fetchit as Snowball, football fan
  • Dick Dickinson as Mogul Taxi Clerk, henchman
  • Wilfred Lucas as a Sportscaster
  • Yakima Canutt as a henchman (uncredited)
  • Lon Chaney, Jr. as a henchman (uncredited)
  • Fred Toones as a Football Fan (uncredited)

Production[]

Grange received this starring role thanks to his business manager, and theater owner, Frank Zambrino. The serial took three weeks to film and Grange earned $4,500 overall.[1]

Director B. Reeves Eason was reportedly fired during filming and replaced by the uncredited Benjamin H. Kline.[citation needed]

Stunts[]

This serial was filmed at a time before "stuntmen did mostly everything" which meant that Grange had to do a lot of his own stunts.[1]

Chapter titles[]

  1. The Idol of Clay
  2. Port of Peril
  3. The Master Mind
  4. The House of Secrets
  5. The Man Without a Face
  6. The Torn $500 Bill
  7. When the Lights Went Out
  8. The Third Degree
  9. Sign in the Sky
  10. The Vulture's Lair
  11. The Radio Patrol
  12. The Ghost comes Back

Source:[2]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b Harmon, Jim; Donald F. Glut (1973). "5. Real Life Heroes "Just Strangle the Lion in Your Usual Way"". The Great Movie Serials: Their Sound and Fury. Routledge. pp. 113–114. ISBN 978-0-7130-0097-9.
  2. ^ Cline, William C. (1984). "Filmography". In the Nick of Time. McFarland & Company, Inc. p. 204. ISBN 0-7864-0471-X.

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Preceded by
The Vanishing Legion (1931) 		Mascot Serial
The Galloping Ghost (1931) 		Succeeded by
The Lightning Warrior (1931)
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