Hold That Ghost
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 Hold That Ghost Theatrical Poster |
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| Directed by | Arthur Lubin |
| Produced by | Burt Kelly Glenn Tryon |
| Written by | Robert Lees Fred Rinaldo John Grant |
| Starring | Bud Abbott Lou Costello Richard Carlson The Andrews Sisters Shemp Howard |
| Music by | H.J. Salter |
| Editing by | Philip Cahn |
| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
| Release date(s) | August 6, 1941 (U.S. release) |
| Running time | 85 min |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $190,000 |
| Preceded by | In The Navy (1941) |
| Followed by | Keep 'Em Flying (1941) |
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Hold That Ghost is a 1941 film starring the comedy team of Abbott and Costello.
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[edit] Plot
Chuck Murray (Bud Abbott) and Ferdie Jones (Lou Costello) work at a gas station. However, they long to improve their lives by moving up to waiting tables at Chez Glamour, a high-class nightclub.
Opportunity comes their way and they find themselves working there, however on their first night they cause a disturbance and wind up working at the gas station again, when a gangster (William Davidson) brings his car in for servicing. They are in the vehicle when the gangster gets in it to try to escape the police. During the chase, the gangster is killed, and through a strange clause in his will, Chuck and Ferdie inherit his tavern.
They hire a bus to take them to the tavern, but the driver abandons them and the other passengers there and takes off with everyone's luggage. Unbeknownst to everyone, one of the passengers (Marc Lawrence) is a member's of the dead gangster's gang. He is there to search the tavern for a hidden stash of money. As the night wears on, strange things begin to happen, and the tavern appears to be haunted. Moose, the dead gangster, always claimed that he kept his money "in his head." More gangsters arrive looking for the money and they try to scare off the guests, but eventually fail. Ferdie eventually finds the money hidden in the head of a stuffed moose, and they use it to transform the tavern into a health resort and hire Ted Lewis and His Orchestra and The Andrews Sisters to headline.
[edit] Trivia
- It was filmed from January 21 through February 24, 1941. It went back in for re-shoots on May 13 to added the nightclub scenes with Ted Lewis and The Andrews Sisters.
- It's working title was Oh Charlie
- Although it was filmed before In The Navy, it was held back from release so that Universal could release another Abbott and Costello service-themed film to follow Buck Privates.
- On August 1, 1941, Abbott and Costello performed a live version of the film for radio audiences on Louella Parsons' Hollywood Premiere.
- It was re-released twice, in 1948 and 1949 with Hit the Ice.
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One Night in the Tropics • Buck Privates • In The Navy • Hold That Ghost • Keep 'Em Flying • Ride 'Em Cowboy • Rio Rita • Pardon My Sarong • Who Done It? • It Ain't Hay • Hit The Ice • In Society • Lost in a Harem • Here Come The Co-Eds • The Naughty Nineties • Abbott and Costello in Hollywood • Little Giant • The Time of Their Lives • Buck Privates Come Home • The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap • The Noose Hangs High • Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein • Mexican Hayride • Africa Screams • Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff • Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion • Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man • Comin' Round The Mountain • Jack and the Beanstalk • Lost in Alaska • Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd • Abbott and Costello Go to Mars • Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde • Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops • Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy • Dance With Me Henry • The World of Abbott and Costello
Lou Costello solo film: The 30 Foot Bride of Candy Rock
