The Ghost Breaker (play)

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The Ghost Breaker
Written by Paul Dickey
Charles W. Goddard
Date premiered1909
Place premiered United States
Genre Comedy, farce

The Ghost Breaker is a 1909 haunted house farcical play written by Paul Dickey and Charles W. Goddard, [1] it was adapted into a 1940 film starring Bob Hope called The Ghost Breakers . [2] [3]

It had also been adapted in a 1914 film, The Ghost Breaker (1914 film) and a 1922 film, The Ghost Breaker (1922 film) . It later was the basis of the 1953 Martin and Lewis movie Scared Stiff and was also an inspiration for the 1984 film Ghostbusters .

The play was also adapted in a 1915 book of the same name. [4]

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References

  1. The New York Times
  2. Miller, John M. "The Ghost Breakers". Turner Classic Movies . Retrieved February 2, 2015.
  3. The New York Times
  4. Google Books

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