{"id":5405,"date":"2008-03-22T14:30:15","date_gmt":"2008-03-22T21:30:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=5405"},"modified":"2020-12-20T20:18:28","modified_gmt":"2020-12-21T03:18:28","slug":"canterville-ghost-the-1944","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=5405","title":{"rendered":"Canterville Ghost, The (1944)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;I have roamed these halls for three centuries, and I am so tired &#8212; if only I could rest.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/03\/Canterville-Ghost-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/03\/Canterville-Ghost-Poster-192x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"192\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-37637\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/03\/Canterville-Ghost-Poster-192x300.jpg 192w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/03\/Canterville-Ghost-Poster-82x128.jpg 82w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/03\/Canterville-Ghost-Poster-654x1024.jpg 654w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/03\/Canterville-Ghost-Poster.jpg 729w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 192px) 100vw, 192px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nA cowardly ghost (Charles Laughton) doomed to haunt his family&#8217;s castle until a descendant commits a brave act in his name hopes that a long-lost American kinsman (Robert Young) &#8212; with the help of the castle&#8217;s pint-sized owner, Lady Jessica (Margaret O&#8217;Brien) &#8212; will free him from his sentence.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Charles Laughton Films<\/li>\n<li>Cowardice<\/li>\n<li>Fantasy<\/li>\n<li>Ghosts<\/li>\n<li>Jules Dassin Films<\/li>\n<li>Margaret O&#8217;Brien Films<\/li>\n<li>Peter Lawford Films<\/li>\n<li>Robert Young Films<\/li>\n<li>World War II<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nLoosely adapted from an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.answers.com\/main\/ntquery?s=canterville+ghost&#038;gwp=8&#038;x=0&#038;y=0\">Oscar Wilde short story<\/a>, <em>The Canterville Ghost<\/em> was updated to incorporate the arrival of American G.I.s in England during the height of WWII, emphasizing the importance not only of overcoming cowardice, but of Brits and Americans working together towards a common cause. It remains successful primarily as a light-hearted vehicle for the inimitable Charles Laughton, who is perfectly cast as the portly, forlorn ghost with outsized whiskers and striped bloomers. Equally enjoyable is his precocious co-star, Margaret O&#8217;Brien, who showcases her estimable acting chops at the ripe age of 6 (a year before she starred in her most famous film, <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=19879\"><em>Meet Me in St. Louis<\/em><\/a>). Together, these two performers make this rather predictable and dated adventure worth sitting through. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Charles Laughton as Sir Simon de Canterville<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/03\/Canterville-Ghost-Laughton.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/03\/Canterville-Ghost-Laughton-1024x569.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"356\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-47773\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/03\/Canterville-Ghost-Laughton-1024x569.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/03\/Canterville-Ghost-Laughton-300x167.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/03\/Canterville-Ghost-Laughton-128x71.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/03\/Canterville-Ghost-Laughton-768x426.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/03\/Canterville-Ghost-Laughton-1536x853.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/03\/Canterville-Ghost-Laughton.png 1709w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Margaret O&#8217;Brien as young Lady Jessica<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/03\/Canterville-Ghost-OBrien2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/03\/Canterville-Ghost-OBrien2-1024x573.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"358\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-47774\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/03\/Canterville-Ghost-OBrien2-1024x573.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/03\/Canterville-Ghost-OBrien2-300x168.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/03\/Canterville-Ghost-OBrien2-128x72.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/03\/Canterville-Ghost-OBrien2-768x430.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/03\/Canterville-Ghost-OBrien2-1536x859.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/03\/Canterville-Ghost-OBrien2.png 1707w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>The American G.I.s breaking into &#8220;woogie boogie&#8221; (as Sir Simon charmingly refers to it) during a town dance<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/03\/Canterville-Ghost-Dance.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/03\/Canterville-Ghost-Dance-1024x628.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"393\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-47775\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/03\/Canterville-Ghost-Dance-1024x628.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/03\/Canterville-Ghost-Dance-300x184.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/03\/Canterville-Ghost-Dance-128x78.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/03\/Canterville-Ghost-Dance-768x471.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/03\/Canterville-Ghost-Dance-1536x941.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/03\/Canterville-Ghost-Dance.png 1545w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo, but it&#8217;s an enjoyably innocuous flick and worth checking out once.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/imdb.com\/title\/tt0036696\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/movies.nytimes.com\/movie\/review?_r=2&#038;res=9E0DE2DA163FEE3BBC4151DFB166838F659EDE&#038;oref=slogin&#038;oref=login\">NY Times Original Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.moriareviews.com\/fantasy\/canterville-ghost-1944.htm\">Moria Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;I have roamed these halls for three centuries, and I am so tired &#8212; if only I could rest.&#8221; Synopsis: A cowardly ghost (Charles Laughton) doomed to haunt his family&#8217;s castle until a descendant commits a brave act in his name hopes that a long-lost American kinsman (Robert Young) &#8212; with the help of the castle&#8217;s pint-sized owner, Lady Jessica (Margaret O&#8217;Brien) &#8212; will free him from his sentence. Genres: Charles Laughton Films Cowardice Fantasy Ghosts Jules Dassin Films Margaret&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=5405\"> 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":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5405","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\/5405","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=5405"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5405\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":58700,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5405\/revisions\/58700"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5405"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5405"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5405"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}