The Spook Speaks
| The Spook Speaks | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Jules White |
| Written by | Clyde Bruckman Edwart Adamson |
| Produced by | Jules White |
| Starring | Buster Keaton Dorothy Appleby Elsie Ames Lynton Brendt Bruce Bennett Don Beddoe |
| Cinematography | Henry Freulich |
| Edited by | Mel Thorsen |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
The Spook Speaks (1940) is the sixth short subject starring Buster Keaton made for Columbia Pictures.
Plot
Buster and wife Elsie Ames are caretakers of a house owned by a spiritualist/magician Professor Mordini (Lynton Brendt). Almost scared out of the house, Mordini convinces them to stay. Mordini leaves on a vacation and warns the couple not to let his former assistant in the house to steal his secrets. While away spooky gags follow along with a penguin on roller skates. A newlywed couple arrive Dorothy Appleby and husband Don Beddoe. Of course the former evil assistant Bruce Bennett arrives and adds to the mayhem.[1]
Cast
- Buster Keaton as the caretaker
- Elsie Ames as his wife
- Lynton Brendt as Professor Mordini
- Dorothy Appleby as the newlywed wife
- Don Beddoe as the newlywed husband
- Bruce Bennett as the former assistant
- Orson the penguin
See also
External links
References
- ^ Kline, Jim L. (1993). The Complete Films of Buster Keaton. Citadel Press. p. 176. ISBN 0806513039.
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