{"id":3140,"date":"2007-05-07T11:22:09","date_gmt":"2007-05-07T18:22:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=3140"},"modified":"2021-01-26T23:09:47","modified_gmt":"2021-01-27T06:09:47","slug":"ghost-breakers-the-1940","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=3140","title":{"rendered":"Ghost Breakers, The (1940)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;Death waits for you on Black Island!&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Ghost-Breakers-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Ghost-Breakers-Poster-187x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"187\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-27180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Ghost-Breakers-Poster-187x300.jpg 187w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Ghost-Breakers-Poster-80x128.jpg 80w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Ghost-Breakers-Poster-640x1024.jpg 640w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Ghost-Breakers-Poster.jpg 709w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 187px) 100vw, 187px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nA radio host (Bob Hope) and his loyal valet (Willie Best) accompany a young woman (Paulette Goddard) to Cuba, where she has just inherited a haunted castle known as Castillo Maldito. Together, they try to find out who is behind the mysterious presence of ghosts and zombies.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Amateur Sleuths<\/li>\n<li>Anthony Quinn Films<\/li>\n<li>Bob Hope Films<\/li>\n<li>Comedy<\/li>\n<li>George Marshall Films<\/li>\n<li>Ghosts<\/li>\n<li>Horror<\/li>\n<li>Inheritance<\/li>\n<li>Paul Lukas Films<\/li>\n<li>Paulette Goddard Films<\/li>\n<li>Zombies<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\n<em>The Ghost Breakers<\/em> &#8212; remade with Jerry Lewis and Dean Martin as <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=17858\"><em>Scared Stiff<\/em> (1953)<\/a> &#8212; is primarily notable as the successful follow-up to Hope and Goddard&#8217;s hit comedy-horror flick of the previous year, <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=13348\"><em>The Cat and the Canary<\/em><\/a>. Despite its erstwhile popularity, however, <em>The Ghost Breakers<\/em> hasn&#8217;t aged all that well: while Hope, Goddard, and Best all give appealing performances, the script is only intermittently amusing, and often confusing. Fortunately, the atmospheric production values at least partially redeem the film&#8217;s clunky script, providing a few genuine chills and thrills. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Hope and Goddard, appealing as the amateur sleuths falling in love<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Ghost-Breakers-Hope-Goddard.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Ghost-Breakers-Hope-Goddard-1024x770.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"481\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-66296\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Ghost-Breakers-Hope-Goddard-1024x770.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Ghost-Breakers-Hope-Goddard-300x226.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Ghost-Breakers-Hope-Goddard-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Ghost-Breakers-Hope-Goddard-768x578.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Ghost-Breakers-Hope-Goddard-359x270.png 359w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Ghost-Breakers-Hope-Goddard.png 1365w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Willie Best as Hope&#8217;s loyal valet<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Ghost-Breakers-Best4.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Ghost-Breakers-Best4-1024x759.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"474\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-66298\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Ghost-Breakers-Best4-1024x759.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Ghost-Breakers-Best4-300x222.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Ghost-Breakers-Best4-128x95.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Ghost-Breakers-Best4-768x569.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Ghost-Breakers-Best4-364x270.png 364w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Ghost-Breakers-Best4.png 1367w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Atmospheric cinematography and set designs<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Ghost-Breakers-Cinematography.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Ghost-Breakers-Cinematography-1024x758.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"474\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-66299\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Ghost-Breakers-Cinematography-1024x758.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Ghost-Breakers-Cinematography-300x222.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Ghost-Breakers-Cinematography-128x95.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Ghost-Breakers-Cinematography-768x569.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Ghost-Breakers-Cinematography-365x270.png 365w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/05\/Ghost-Breakers-Cinematography.png 1365w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Some clever, if hokey, one-liners by Hope:<br \/>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;I&#8217;m shaking so hard the water on my knee just splashed!&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo. Although it holds some historical interest as a popular early vehicle for Bob Hope, I don&#8217;t think it&#8217;s must-see viewing for all film fanatics. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/imdb.com\/title\/tt0032520\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1940\/07\/04\/archives\/the-screen-ghost-breakers-a-comic-thriller-at-paramount-spy.html\">NY Times Original Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dvdtalk.com\/dvdsavant\/s785ghost.html\">DVD Savant Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tcm.com\/tcmdb\/title\/76190\/the-ghost-breakers#articles-reviews?articleId=97206\">TCM Article<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.timeout.com\/film\/70149.html\">Time Out Capsule Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Death waits for you on Black Island!&#8221; Synopsis: A radio host (Bob Hope) and his loyal valet (Willie Best) accompany a young woman (Paulette Goddard) to Cuba, where she has just inherited a haunted castle known as Castillo Maldito. Together, they try to find out who is behind the mysterious presence of ghosts and zombies. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Amateur Sleuths Anthony Quinn Films Bob Hope Films Comedy George Marshall Films Ghosts Horror Inheritance Paul Lukas Films Paulette Goddard&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=3140\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3140","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3140","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3140"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3140\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":66300,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3140\/revisions\/66300"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3140"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3140"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3140"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}