Shivering Spooks

Shivering Spooks
Shivering Spooks
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Directed by	Robert F. McGowan
Written by	Hal Roach ; H. M. Walker
Produced by	Hal Roach; F. Richard Jones
Starring	Joe Cobb ; Jackie Condon ; Johnny Downs ; Allen Hoskins ; Mary Kornman ; Scooter Lowry ; Jay R. Smith ; Bobby Young ; Buster the Dog; George B. French ; Clara Guiol; Tiny Sandford
Edited by	Richard C. Currier
Distributed by	Pathé Exchange
Release date	August 8, 1926;
Running time	18:07
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

Last updated November 25, 2025

Shivering Spooks is a 1926 short silent comedy film, the 52nd in the Our Gang series, directed by Robert F. McGowan.^[1]^[2] Child actor Johnny Downs later became a successful character actor and starred with George Zucco in The Mad Monster (1942).^[3]

Plot

A phony spiritualist named Professor Fleece dupes gullible people into believing that he can contact the dead through séances. When the kids disrupt a séance, the professor orders his henchmen to scare them from the area.

Cast

The Gang

Joe Cobb as Joe
Jackie Condon as Jackie
Johnny Downs as Johnny
Allen Hoskins as Farina
Mary Kornman as Mary
Scooter Lowry as Skooter
Jay R. Smith as Jay
Bobby Young as Bonedust
Buster the Dog as Buster

Additional cast

Harry Bowen as Assistant to Professor Fleece
George B. French as Professor Fleece
Clara Guiol as 'Sucker' at séance
Ham Kinsey [ fr ] as Assistant to Professor Fleece
Tiny Sandford as Detective
Dorothea Wolbert as 'Sucker' at séance

References

↑ "Progressive Silent Film List: Shivering Spooks". silentera.com. Retrieved September 14, 2008.
↑ Hall, Mordaunt (2011). "New York Times: Shivering Spooks". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times . Archived from the original on May 20, 2011. Retrieved September 14, 2008.
↑ Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era. Midnight Marquee Press. p. 305. ISBN 978-1936168-68-2.

External links

Shivering Spooks at IMDb

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[silentera-1] "Progressive Silent Film List: Shivering Spooks". silentera.com. Retrieved September 14, 2008.

[NY_Times-2] Hall, Mordaunt (2011). "New York Times: Shivering Spooks". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times . Archived from the original on May 20, 2011. Retrieved September 14, 2008.

[3] Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era. Midnight Marquee Press. p. 305. ISBN 978-1936168-68-2.

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