Three Live Ghosts (1929 film)

Three Live Ghosts is a 1929 American Pre-Code comedy film directed by Thornton Freeland and starring Beryl Mercer, Harry Stubbs, and Joan Bennett; with Robert Montgomery, and Tenen Holtz. The screenplay concerns three veterans of World War I who return home to London after the armistice, only to find they have been mistakenly listed as dead.^[1] It was based on the 1920 play Three Live Ghosts by Frederic S. Isham.

Three Live Ghosts
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Directed by	Thornton Freeland
Written by	Helen Hallett Max Marcin
Story by	Sally Winters
Based on	Three Live Ghosts 1920 play by Frederic S. Isham Max Marcin
Produced by	Max Marcin
Starring	Beryl Mercer
Cinematography	Robert H. Planck
Edited by	Robert Kern
Music by	Hugo Riesenfeld
Distributed by	United Artists
Release date	September 15, 1929 (1929-09-15)
Running time	8 reels (7,486 feet)
Country	United States
Language	English

Made in the early sound era when Hollywood savored any successful play and its dialogue, this film is a rendition of the Broadway play and also a remake of the 1922 Paramount silent, Three Live Ghosts. Mercer, McNaughton, and Allister would reprise their roles for a 1936 remake produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

Plot

Cast

• Beryl Mercer as Mrs. Gubbins
• Hilda Vaughn as Peggy Woofers
• Harry Stubbs as Bolton
• Joan Bennett as Rose Gordon
• Nanci Price as Alice
• Charles McNaughton as Jimmie Grubbins
• Robert Montgomery as William Foster
• Claud Allister as Spoofy
• Arthur Clayton as Paymaster
• Tenen Holtz as Crockery Man
• Shayle Gardner as Briggs
• Jack Cooper as Benson
• Jocelyn Lee as Lady Leicester

See also

• List of early sound feature films (1926–1929)