Classic Movie Hub Blog Posted by Jennifer Garlen on April 11, 2024

Silver Screen Standards: The Ghost Goes West (1935) Supernatural romance and comedy are unique but often overlapping subgenres with some truly outstanding movies among their ranks, from Topper (1937), Blithe Spirit (1945), and The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947) to the more recent blockbuster, Ghost (   read more

Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on July 1, 2013

Like Oscar Wilde’s story, “The Canterville Ghost,” The Ghost Goes West (1935) offers us an old-fashioned ghost thrust into a modern world with comical results. The film proved a big hit in Britain, where it was made, perhaps because of its romantic view of Scotland and skeptical pe   read more

Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on July 1, 2013

Like Oscar Wilde’s story, “The Canterville Ghost,” The Ghost Goes West (1935) offers us an old-fashioned ghost thrust into a modern world with comical results. The film proved a big hit in Britain, where it was made, perhaps because of its romantic view of Scotland and skeptical pe   read more

Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on July 1, 2013

Like Oscar Wilde’s story, “The Canterville Ghost,” The Ghost Goes West (1935) offers us an old-fashioned ghost thrust into a modern world with comical results. The film proved a big hit in Britain, where it was made, perhaps because of its romantic view of Scotland and skeptical pe   read more

Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on May 17, 2013

The Ghost Goes West Directed by René Clair 1935/UK London Film Productions First viewing This enjoyable and atmospheric romantic comedy/fantasy film is a bit reminiscent in tone to The Ghost and Mrs. Muir.  It was the highest grossing film of 1936 in Great Britain. The Glouries and the McGlaggens   read more