Shivering Spooks

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Shivering Spooks
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Directed by Robert F. McGowan
Written by Hal Roach
H. M. Walker
Produced byHal 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 byRichard C. Currier
Distributed by Pathé Exchange
Release date
  • August 8, 1926 (1926-08-08)
Running time
18:07
CountryUnited States
Language Silent (English intertitles)

Shivering Spooks is a 1926 short silent comedy film directed by Robert F. McGowan. [1] [2] It was the 52nd Our Gang short subject to be released. [3] One of the child actors, Johnny Downs, went on to become a successful character actor and starred with George Zucco in The Mad Monster (1942). [4]

Contents

Plot

A phony spiritualist named Professor Fleece dupes gullible people into believing he can contact the dead through seances. When the Our Gang kids disrupt one of his seances, the Professor orders his henchmen to scare the heck out of the kids so that they will leave the area.

Cast

The Gang

Additional cast

See also

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References

  1. ↑ "Progressive Silent Film List: Shivering Spooks". silentera.com. Retrieved September 14, 2008.
  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. ↑ Maltin, Leonard; Bann, Richard W. (1977). Our Gang: The Life and Times of the Little Rascals. Crown Publishers. pp. 66–67. Retrieved March 3, 2024.
  4. ↑ 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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