The Ghost Goes West
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| The Ghost Goes West | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | René Clair |
| Produced by | Alexander Korda |
| Written by | René Clair Geoffrey Kerr Robert E. Sherwood Eric Keown (story) |
| Starring | Robert Donat Jean Parker Eugene Pallette |
| Music by | Mischa Spoliansky |
| Cinematography | Harold Rosson |
| Editing by | Henry Cornelius Harold Earle-Fishbacher |
| Distributed by | United Artists |
| Release date(s) | 1935 |
| Running time | 95 min. |
| Country |  United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
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The Ghost Goes West is a 1935 British romantic comedy / fantasy film starring Robert Donat and Jean Parker and directed by Rene Clair. This film was Clair’s first English-language film. The film contrasts an Old World ghost dealing with American vulgarity.
This rather cosmopolitan production combines an Hungarian-born British producer, a French director, and an American writer in a British film.
This movie was the biggest grossing movie in 1936 in Great Britain.
[edit] Plot
Peggy Martin (Jean Parker), the daughter of a rich American businessman (Eugene Pallette), persuades him to purchase a Scottish castle from Donald Glourie (Robert Donat), dis-assemble it and move it to Florida. Along with the castle goes its ghost.
Murdoch Glourie (Donat again) haunts the castle after dying a coward’s death in the 18th century. To find rest, he must find a descendent 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).
[edit] Cast
- Robert Donat as Murdoch Glourie and Donald Glourie
- Jean Parker as Peggy Martin
- Eugene Pallette as Mr. Martin
- Elsa Lanchester as Miss Shepperton
- Ralph Bunker as Ed Bigelow, Martin's rival
- Patricia Hilliard as Shepherdess
- Everley Gregg as Mrs. Martin
- Hay Petrie as The McLaggen
[edit] Awards
Rene Clair was nominated for the Mussolini Cup at the 1936 Venice Film Festival.
