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The Live Ghost
The Live Ghost is a 1934 American comedy short film starring Laurel and Hardy, directed by Charles Rogers, and produced by Hal Roach at his studios in Culver City, California.
Copies of this short are preserved on 16mm and 35mm safety film, on videotape, or in digital formats at various libraries and motion picture repositories in the United States, including in the Film and Sound Collection at the Library of Congress, the UCLA Film & Television Archive, and at the George Eastman Museum.
A gruff sea captain grapples with the impediment of recruiting sailors owing to his vessel's ill-reputed status as haunted, which dissuades potential enlistment. A fortuitous encounter unfolds as the captain intersects with Stan and Ollie during a tranquil fishing outing. Despite the captain's entreaties, Stan and Ollie demur from maritime service, attributing their reluctance to an aversion towards the ocean, predicated upon its purportedly shark-infested waters.
Undeterred by their initial refusal, the captain formulates an alternative plan, enlisting Stan and Ollie's assistance in the practice of shanghaiing. Leveraging their unwitting cooperation, the captain orchestrates the forcible abduction of an inebriated crew from a local tavern, subsequently incorporating Stan and Ollie into the ranks of the conscripted.
As the vessel embarks on its voyage, tensions burgeon among the coerced sailors, apprehensive of their coerced predicament, prompting a confrontation with Stan and Ollie. However, the captain, portrayed as a commanding figure, intercedes to assuage the unrest, exerting his authority to restore order and enforce discipline. And he vows that the next person who says the word "ghost" will have his head twisted around "so that when he's walking North he'll be looking South!"
Upon reaching a distant port, the captain authorizes shore leave for the crew, yet Stan and Ollie elect to remain aboard, harboring apprehensions concerning their safety. The narrative crescendos with the revelation of the purported "ghost" as the captain's inebriated first mate, whose misadventures culminate in his expulsion from the vessel at the behest of a scorned former lover. Stan and Ollie make the mistake of saying "We Just Saw A GHost!!"---and the Captain keeps his word on the neck-twisting.
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The Live Ghost
The Live Ghost is a 1934 American comedy short film starring Laurel and Hardy, directed by Charles Rogers, and produced by Hal Roach at his studios in Culver City, California.
Copies of this short are preserved on 16mm and 35mm safety film, on videotape, or in digital formats at various libraries and motion picture repositories in the United States, including in the Film and Sound Collection at the Library of Congress, the UCLA Film & Television Archive, and at the George Eastman Museum.
A gruff sea captain grapples with the impediment of recruiting sailors owing to his vessel's ill-reputed status as haunted, which dissuades potential enlistment. A fortuitous encounter unfolds as the captain intersects with Stan and Ollie during a tranquil fishing outing. Despite the captain's entreaties, Stan and Ollie demur from maritime service, attributing their reluctance to an aversion towards the ocean, predicated upon its purportedly shark-infested waters.
Undeterred by their initial refusal, the captain formulates an alternative plan, enlisting Stan and Ollie's assistance in the practice of shanghaiing. Leveraging their unwitting cooperation, the captain orchestrates the forcible abduction of an inebriated crew from a local tavern, subsequently incorporating Stan and Ollie into the ranks of the conscripted.
As the vessel embarks on its voyage, tensions burgeon among the coerced sailors, apprehensive of their coerced predicament, prompting a confrontation with Stan and Ollie. However, the captain, portrayed as a commanding figure, intercedes to assuage the unrest, exerting his authority to restore order and enforce discipline. And he vows that the next person who says the word "ghost" will have his head twisted around "so that when he's walking North he'll be looking South!"
Upon reaching a distant port, the captain authorizes shore leave for the crew, yet Stan and Ollie elect to remain aboard, harboring apprehensions concerning their safety. The narrative crescendos with the revelation of the purported "ghost" as the captain's inebriated first mate, whose misadventures culminate in his expulsion from the vessel at the behest of a scorned former lover. Stan and Ollie make the mistake of saying "We Just Saw A GHost!!"---and the Captain keeps his word on the neck-twisting.
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