Shivering Spooks
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| Shivering Spooks | |
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| File:OG ShiveringSpooks 26.jpg Lobby card | |
| 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 |
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Running time | 18:07 |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
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
[edit | edit source]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
[edit | edit source]The Gang
[edit | edit source]- 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
[edit | edit source]- Harry Bowen as Assistant to Professor Fleece
- George B. French as Professor Fleece
- Clara Guiol as 'Sucker' at séance
- Ham Kinsey as Assistant to Professor Fleece
- Tiny Sandford as Detective
- Dorothea Wolbert as 'Sucker' at séance
See also
[edit | edit source]References
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External links
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Categories:
- 1926 films
- 1926 short films
- American black-and-white films
- Films directed by Robert F. McGowan
- Hal Roach Studios short films
- Our Gang films
- 1926 comedy films
- 1920s American films
- American silent comedy short films
- 1920s English-language films
- English-language comedy short films
- 1920s silent comedy film stubs
- Silent comedy short film stubs