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| Shivering Spooks | |
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 Lobby card | |
| Directed by | Robert F. McGowan |
| Written by | Hal Roach H. M. Walker |
| Produced by | Hal Roach F. Richard Jones |
| Starring | Joe Cobb Jackie Condon Johnny Downs Allen Hoskins Mary Kornman Scooter Lowry Jay R. Smith Bobby Young Buster the Dog George B. French Clara Guiol Tiny Sandford |
| Edited by | Richard C. Currier |
| Distributed by | Pathé Exchange |
Release date |
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Running time | 18:07 |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
Shivering Spooks is a 1926 short silent comedy film, the 52nd in the Our Gang series, directed by Robert F. McGowan.[1][2] Child actor Johnny Downs later became a successful character actor and starred with George Zucco in The Mad Monster (1942).[3]
Plot
[edit]A phony spiritualist named Professor Fleece dupes gullible people into believing that he can contact the dead through séances. When the kids disrupt a séance, the professor orders his henchmen to scare them from the area.
Cast
[edit]The Gang
[edit]- Joe Cobb as Joe
- Jackie Condon as Jackie
- Johnny Downs as Johnny
- Allen Hoskins as Farina
- Mary Kornman as Mary
- Scooter Lowry as Skooter
- Jay R. Smith as Jay
- Bobby Young as Bonedust
- Buster the Dog as Buster
Additional cast
[edit]- Harry Bowen as Assistant to Professor Fleece
- George B. French as Professor Fleece
- Clara Guiol as 'Sucker' at séance
- Ham Kinsey as Assistant to Professor Fleece
- Tiny Sandford as Detective
- Dorothea Wolbert as 'Sucker' at séance
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ "Progressive Silent Film List: Shivering Spooks". silentera.com. Retrieved September 14, 2008.
- ↑ Hall, Mordaunt (2011). "New York Times: Shivering Spooks". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on May 20, 2011. Retrieved September 14, 2008.
- ↑ Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era. Midnight Marquee Press. p. 305. ISBN 978-1936168-68-2.
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