Haunted Spooks (1920)
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- Passed
- 25min
- Short, Comedy
- 14 Mar 1920 (USA)
- Short
After numerous failed attempts to commit suicide, our hero (Lloyd) runs into a lawyer who is looking for a stooge to stand in as a groom in order to secure an inheritance for his client (Davis). The inheritance is a house, which her...
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Harold Lloyd | ... |
The Boy
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Mildred Davis | ... |
The Girl
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Wally Howe | ... |
The Uncle
(as Wallace Howe)
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Marie Benson | ... |
Unidentified (uncredited)
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Sammy Brooks | ... |
Short Butler (uncredited)
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Anne Cartwright | ... |
Woman (uncredited)
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Leonard Cloonan | ... |
Boy at Robbery (uncredited)
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Henderson Cooper | ... |
Bit Role (uncredited)
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William Gillespie | ... |
The Lawyer (uncredited)
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Max Hamburger | ... |
Gardener (uncredited)
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Mark Jones | ... |
Kitchen Staff Member (uncredited)
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Dee Lampton | ... |
Fat Butler (uncredited)
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Gaylord Lloyd | ... |
Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
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Sam Lufkin | ... |
Bearded Man in Car (uncredited)
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Ernest Morrison | ... |
Little Boy (uncredited)
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Marie Mosquini | ... |
The Other Girl (uncredited)
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John M. O'Brien | ... |
Unidentified role (uncredited)
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Sarah Rozier | ... |
Bit Role (uncredited)
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Watie Belle Rozier | ... |
Bit Role (uncredited)
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Charles Stevenson | ... |
Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
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Eddie Warnack | ... |
Kid (uncredited)
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John Warnack | ... |
Man (uncredited)
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Blue Washington | ... |
Butler (uncredited)
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Noah Young | ... |
(uncredited)
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Directed by
Alfred J. Goulding | ... | (as Alf Goulding) |
Hal Roach |
Written by
H.M. Walker | ... | (titles) |
Produced by
Suzanne Lloyd Hayes | ... | executive producer (as Suzanne Lloyd) |
Robert Israel | ... | producer |
Hal Roach | ... | producer (uncredited) |
Music by
Robert Israel | ... | (2004) |
Cinematography by
Walter Lundin | ... | (photographed by) |
Music Department
Robert Israel | ... | conductor: 2004 video edition / music arranger: 2004 video edition |
Additional Crew
Hal Roach | ... | presenter |
Production Companies
Distributors
- Pathé Exchange (1920) (United States) (theatrical)
- Pathé Consortium Cinéma (1923) (France) (theatrical)
- Adams Filmi (1923) (Finland) (theatrical)
- Suomen Biografi (1930) (Finland) (theatrical)
- Image Entertainment (1997) (United States) (video) (laserdisc)
- Image Entertainment (1998) (United States) (DVD)
- Alive Vertrieb und Marketing (2004) (United States) (DVD)
- FS Film (2004) (Finland) (DVD) (Harold Lloyd: The Short Films)
- Harold Lloyd Entertainment (2004) (United States) (presents)
- New Line Cinema (2004) (United States) (video) (A Time Warner Company)
- New Line Home Video (2005) (United States) (DVD)
- Kino Video (2007) (United States) (DVD)
- Kinowelt Home Entertainment (2010) (Germany) (DVD) (Harold Lloyd Edition)
- The Criterion Channel (2023) (United States) (tv) (streaming)
Special Effects
Other Companies
- The Robert Israel Orchestra (performers) (2004 video edition)
Storyline
Plot Summary |
After numerous failed attempts to commit suicide, our hero (Lloyd) runs into a lawyer who is looking for a stooge to stand in as a groom in order to secure an inheritance for his client (Davis). The inheritance is a house, which her scheming uncle "haunts" so that he can scare them off and claim the property.
Written by Herman Seifer |
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Taglines | Harold Lloyd has one fault-he wants to get married- and that starts the laughs a-rolling In "Haunted Spooks" (Print Ad- Providence News, ((Providence, RI)) 17 April 1920) See more » |
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Did You Know?
Trivia | Filming was interrupted when Harold Lloyd, posing for publicity photos, had a prop bomb explode in his hand. He lost two fingers, his face was badly burned and he was temporarily blinded. In subsequent films, he is always seen wearing a prosthetic glove on his injured hand. See more » |
Movie Connections | Featured in World of Comedy (1962). See more » |
Crazy Credits | The Boy . . . . . . HAROLD LLOYD. He wants to get married - - Has no other faults. See more » |
Quotes |
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The Girl: S-a-y - - what's our name? See more » |