Ghost of Honor

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Ghost of Honor
Directed by Isadore Sparber [1] [2]
Animation:
Myron Waldman (uncredited)
Story byIzzy Klein [1] [2]
Produced byAbe Goodman [2]
Dave Tendlar (uncredited)
Co-produced by:
Seymour Kneitel
Izzy Sparber
(both uncredited)
Starring Cecil Roy
Mae Questel [3]
Jackson Beck [2] [3]
Jack Mercer [2]
Music byTheme song:
Jerry Livingston
Mack David [1]
Additional:
Winston Sharples
Animation byMyron Waldman
Nick Tafuri [1] [2]
Layouts byRobert Owen
Backgrounds byRobert Owen [2]
Production
company
Distributed by Paramount Pictures
Release date
19 July 1957 (1957-07-19)
Running time
6 minutes
CountryU.S.
LanguageEnglish

Ghost of Honor is a 1957 American animation and comedy film directed by Izzy Sparber. [4] The film features Casper the Friendly Ghost [5] as well as additional music composed by Winston Sharples. [1]

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Plot

Cast

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References

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  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Webb, Graham (2011). The Animated Film Encyclopedia: A Complete Guide to American Shorts, Features and Sequences (1900-1999). McFarland & Company, Inc. p. 135. ISBN   978-0-7864-4985-9.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 "Ghost Of Honor (1957): Cast". The Big Cartoon DataBase. Retrieved 7 October 2022.[ dead link ]
  4. "Ghost of Honor (1957)". filmweb.pl. Retrieved 2017-07-27.
  5. Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 63–64. ISBN   0-8160-3831-7 . Retrieved 6 June 2020.
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