The Ghost Breaker (play)
The Ghost Breaker | |
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Written by | Paul Dickey Charles W. Goddard |
Date premiered | 1909 |
Place premiered | United States |
Genre | Comedy, farce |
The Ghost Breaker is a 1909 haunted house farcical play written by Paul Dickey and Charles W. Goddard,[1] it was adapted into a 1940 film starring Bob Hope called The Ghost Breakers.[2][3]
It had also been adapted in a 1914 film, The Ghost Breaker (1914 film) and a 1922 film, The Ghost Breaker (1922 film). It later was the basis of the 1953 Martin and Lewis movie Scared Stiff.
The play was also adapted in a 1915 book of the same name.[4]
References[]
- ^ The New York Times
- ^ Miller, John M. "The Ghost Breakers". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved February 2, 2015.
- ^ The New York Times
- ^ Google Books
External links[]
Media related to The Ghost Breaker (play) at Wikimedia Commons
Categories:
- 1909 plays
- American plays
- Comedy plays
- 1900s play stubs