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H.M. Walker (titles)
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Release Date:
14 March 1920 (USA) more
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After numerous failed attempts to commit suicide, our hero (Lloyd) runs into a lawyer who is looking... more | add synopsis
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HAUNTED SPOOKS (Alfred Goulding and Hal Roach, 1920) *** more (13 total)

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Harold Lloyd ... The Boy
Mildred Davis ... The Girl
Wallace Howe ... The Uncle
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Runtime:
25 min (2004 video edition)
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1.33 : 1 more
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USA:Passed (National Board of Review) | USA:TV-G (TV rating)
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Despite receiving a serious injury to his hand during the making of this film, Harold Lloyd continued to do his own stunts throughout his career. more
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The Girl: Say, what's our name?
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HAUNTED SPOOKS (Alfred Goulding and Hal Roach, 1920) ***, 2 January 2007
7/10
Author: MARIO GAUCI (marrod@melita.com) from Naxxar, Malta

This plot-packed and enjoyable but, ultimately, minor Harold Lloyd short gained some unexpected notoriety when the great comedian was seriously injured in an explosion during a publicity stunt for the film which cost him the loss of two fingers and necessitated the installation of prosthetics.

It starts off with frequent Lloyd co-star (and future wife) Mildred Davis inheriting an estate - on the condition that she's married and that she stays on the premises for a whole year. Soon, her greedy relatives begin to scheme how to drive her out - but, first, her lawyer determines to find her a husband opting, naturally, on Harold (once again suicidal over a failed romance). This first half provides the film with many of its best moments, as the latter section - relocating to Mississippi - mainly resorts to some crude racist humor and overly familiar ghostly 'manifestations'.

This was my third time viewing the film - the first as an extra on Image's DVD of the Silent version of THE CAT AND THE CANARY (1927) and the second on TCM, as part of a Harold Lloyd marathon in anticipation of the release of this same 7-Disc collection, when I was in Hollywood late last year; actually, I liked it better this time around, hence I upped the rating from **1/2 (besides, back then, I wasn't as familiar with the star's short films as I am now)!

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