Haunted Spooks (1920): Cast
Haunted Spooks is a 1920 short comedy directed by Hal Roach and Alfred J. Goulding, starring Harold Lloyd as The Boy, Sammy Brooks and Sam Lufkin. It runs 25 minutes.
- Released
- Runtime
- 25 min
- Directors
- Hal Roach and Alfred J. Goulding
- Genre
- Comedy
- Studio
- Rolin Films
- After the credits
- No No extra scene
What Is Haunted Spooks About?
The premise of Haunted Spooks without spoilers.
After a series of failed suicide attempts, Lloyd’s down‑on‑his‑luck hero encounters a lawyer who needs a stooge to pose as a groom in order to secure an inheritance for her client, Davis. The inheritance is a house that the client’s scheming uncle claims is haunted, hoping to scare them off and claim the property for himself.
Haunted Spooks Themes & Keywords
· 50 tags- water pistol
- last will and testament
- thunderstorm
- hair stands on end
- 16 year old girl
- dark and stormy night
- uncle niece relationship
- fake haunting
- spooky mansion
- gaslighting
- scheming relative
- rush to get married
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- text of letter on screen
- southeast usa
- duckling
- lawyer
- straw hat
- plantation
- wealthy girl
- tennis court
- man kisses a woman's hand
- woman sits on a man's lap
- love triangle
- tripped
- asking father for daughter's hand in marriage
- mansion
- romantic rivals
- flipping a coin
- drawing lots
- carried away by a crowd
- unlucky in love
- finding a gun
- squirt gun
- streetcar
- suicidal
- tied to a rock
- jumping from a bridge onto a moving boat
- jumping in front of a car
- arranged marriage
- ford model t
- jalopy
- hand cranked starter
- live chicken
- ghost sheet costume
- driving a convertible in the rain
- hiding in a trunk
- comedy of errors
- woman wears a veil
- wedding night
- old dark house
Haunted Spooks Cast & Characters
Harold Lloyd leads the cast as The Boy, with Sammy Brooks as Short Butler (uncredited) and Sam Lufkin as Bearded Man in Car (uncredited). Directed by Hal Roach and Alfred J. Goulding; 12 actors are credited in all.
- Co-director Hal Roach
- Co-director Alfred J. Goulding
- Harold Lloyd as The Boy
- Sammy Brooks as Short Butler (uncredited)
- Sam Lufkin as Bearded Man in Car (uncredited)
- William Gillespie as The Lawyer (uncredited)
Also Starring in Haunted Spooks
· 8 more- Mark Jones Kitchen Staff Member (uncredited)
- Sunshine Sammy Morrison Little Boy (uncredited)
- Marie Mosquini The Other Girl (uncredited)
- Blue Washington Butler (uncredited)
- Noah Young
- Wally Howe The Uncle
- Mildred Davis The Girl
- Dee Lampton Fat Butler (uncredited)
More from Hal Roach and Alfred J. Goulding
More films directed by Hal Roach and Alfred J. Goulding: Dick Barton: Special Agent, Road Show, Turnabout and One Million B.C..
Cars in Haunted Spooks
2 cars on screen: the 1919 Chandler Six and the 1916 Ford Model T.
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1919 Chandler Six Important role -
1916 Ford Model T Important role
Haunted Spooks Also Known As
8 alternative titles, including “Entgeisterte Gespenster” and “On ve strašidelném domě”.
- Also known as
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- Entgeisterte Gespenster
- On ve strašidelném domě
- Испуганные призраки
- Er im Haus des Schreckens
- Tribulaciones
- Le Manoir hanté
- Fantasmas Assombrados
- Hemsökta spöken
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Haunted Spooks FAQ: Cast, Runtime & Release Date
Runtime, release date, director, cast and post-credit scenes of Haunted Spooks, each answered in a sentence.
How long is Haunted Spooks?
Haunted Spooks runs 25 minutes.
When was Haunted Spooks released?
Haunted Spooks was released on March 14, 1920.
Who directed Haunted Spooks?
Haunted Spooks was directed by Hal Roach and Alfred J. Goulding.
More films by Hal Roach Who is in the cast of Haunted Spooks?
Haunted Spooks stars Harold Lloyd as The Boy, Sammy Brooks as Short Butler (uncredited) and Sam Lufkin as Bearded Man in Car (uncredited), among 12 credited actors.
Does Haunted Spooks have a post-credit scene?
No. Haunted Spooks has no extra scene during or after the credits.
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