Haunted Spooks (1920)

After numerous failed attempts to commit suicide, our hero (Lloyd) runs into a lawyer who is looking for a stooge to stand in as a groom in order to secure an inheritance for his client (... See full summary »

Directors:

Alfred J. Goulding, Hal Roach

Writer:

H.M. Walker (titles)

Stars:

Harold Lloyd, Mildred Davis, Wallace Howe

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Harold Lloyd	...	The Boy
Mildred Davis	...	The Girl
Wallace Howe	...	The Uncle

Storyline

After numerous failed attempts to commit suicide, our hero (Lloyd) runs into a lawyer who is looking for a stooge to stand in as a groom in order to secure an inheritance for his client (Davis). The inheritance is a house, which her scheming uncle "haunts" so that he can scare them off and claim the property.

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Plot Keywords:

inheritance | uncle | suicide | storm | automobile | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Short

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Certificate:

Passed

Details

Country:

USA

Release Date:

14 March 1920 (USA)

Also Known As:

Kummitusjahti

Filming Locations:

Hal Roach Studios - 8822 Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Rolin Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

25 min 25 min (2004 video edition)

Sound Mix:

Silent

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

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.

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Quotes

[last lines]
The Girl: Say, what's our name?

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Connections

Featured in The Story of Film: An Odyssey: Episode #1.2 (2011)

User Reviews

Great Harold Lloyd 2-reeler!

Harold Lloyd desperately wants to get married. After being rejected for the hundredth time, he repeatedly attempts to kill himself until he runs into a lawyer whose client (Mildred Davis) has to get married in order to inherit money. The other requirement before she can get the inheritance: she and her husband have to spend a year in her uncle's mansion. The twist: it's haunted! Not really, but I wonder how far this basic plot goes back. It would be wrong of me not to mention that the film can come off as pretty racist, and that title means pretty much what you think it means. Black people, it turns out, are especially afraid of ghosts. But, hey, it was 1920, and, honestly, Lloyd and Davis are almost as scared as the black people (though their eyes don't bug out quite as much), and the second half of the film, with all the characters running around the mansion being scared by people covered in bedsheets, is hilariously madcap.