The Ghost Goes West
| The Ghost Goes West | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | René Clair |
| Produced by | Alexander Korda |
| Written by | René Clair Geoffrey Kerr Robert E. Sherwood Eric Keown (story) |
| Starring | Robert Donat Jean Parker Eugene Pallette |
| Music by | Mischa Spoliansky |
| Cinematography | Harold Rosson |
| Editing by | Henry Cornelius Harold Earle-Fishbacher |
| Distributed by | United Artists |
| Release date(s) | 1935 |
| Running time | 95 min. |
| Country |  United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
The Ghost Goes West (1935) is a British romantic comedy / fantasy film starring Robert Donat, Jean Parker, and Eugene Pallette, and directed by Rene Clair. This film was Clair’s first English-language film. The film contrasts an Old World ghost dealing with American vulgarity.
This rather cosmopolitan production combines an Hungarian-born British producer, a French director, and an American writer in a British film. This movie was the biggest grossing movie in 1936 in Great Britain.
The film was referenced in "Is There Honey Still for Tea?", an episode of Dad's Army, when it is proposed a cottage is moved in a similar style to the castle in the film.
Plot
Peggy Martin (Parker), the daughter of a rich American businessman (Pallette), persuades him to purchase a Scottish castle from Donald Glourie (Donat), disassemble it, and move it to Florida. Along with the castle goes its ghost.
Murdoch Glourie (Donat again) haunts the castle after dying a coward’s death in the 18th century. To find rest, he must find a descendent of the enemy Clan MacClaggan and have him admit that one Glourie is worth fifty MacClaggans.
The plot resembles Oscar Wilde’s The Canterville Ghost (1887).
Both the original treatment and the final cutting continuity were published in Successful Film Writing as Illustrated by 'the Ghost Goes West' by Seton Margrave. London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1936.
Cast
- Robert Donat as Murdoch Glourie and Donald Glourie
- Jean Parker as Peggy Martin
- Eugene Pallette as Mr. Martin
- Elsa Lanchester as Miss Shepperton
- Ralph Bunker as Ed Bigelow, Martin's rival
- Patricia Hilliard as Shepherdess
- Everley Gregg as Mrs. Martin
- Hay Petrie as The McLaggen
Awards
Rene Clair was nominated for the Mussolini Cup at the 1936 Venice Film Festival.
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