The Galloping Ghost (serial)

The Galloping Ghost
Film poster
Directed byB. Reeves Eason
Benjamin H. Kline
Written byFord Beebe
Wyndham Gittens
Helmer Walton Bergman
Produced byNat Levine
StarringHarold "Red" Grange
Dorothy Gulliver
Tom Dugan
Gwen Lee
Ralph Bushman
CinematographyTom Galligan
Benjamin H. Kline
Ernest Miller
Edited byRay Snyder
Gilmore Walker
Music byLee Zahler
Distributed byMascot Pictures
Release date
  • September 1, 1931 (1931-09-01) (United States)
Running time
12 chapters (226 minutes)
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

The Galloping Ghost is a 1931 American pre-Code Mascot serial film co-directed by B. Reeves Eason and Benjamin H. Kline. The title is the nickname of the star, real life American football player Red Grange. Serial historian Raymond William Stedman lists Lon Chaney Jr. as appearing in Ghost in a small uncredited part as a henchman, but this has never been verified.[1][2]

Plot

Red Grange is thrown off the Clay College football team in disgrace when his friend, Buddy Courtland, takes a bribe to throw the big game and Red attacks him in anger. Red then proceeds to investigate and hunt down the head of the gambling ring responsible, a criminal enterprise operated out of the Mogul Taxi company offices. Red eventually clears his name, and both he and Buddy are reinstated on the team.

Cast

Production

Grange received this starring role thanks to his business manager, and theater owner, Frank Zambrino. The serial took three weeks to film and Grange earned $4,500 overall.[3]

Director B. Reeves Eason was reportedly fired during filming and replaced by the uncredited Benjamin H. Kline.[citation needed]

Stunts

This serial was filmed at a time before "stuntmen did mostly everything" which meant that Grange had to do a lot of his own stunts.[3]

Chapter titles

  1. The Idol of Clay
  2. Port of Peril
  3. The Master Mind
  4. The House of Secrets
  5. The Man Without a Face
  6. The Torn $500 Bill
  7. When the Lights Went Out
  8. The Third Degree
  9. Sign in the Sky
  10. The Vulture's Lair
  11. The Radio Patrol
  12. The Ghost comes Back

Source:[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ "The Galloping Ghost". March 7, 2014.
  2. ^ Stedman, Raymond William (1971). Serials: Suspense and Drama By Installment. University of Oklahoma Press. ISBN 978-0-8061-0927-5.
  3. ^ a b Harmon, Jim; Donald F. Glut (1973). "5. Real Life Heroes "Just Strangle the Lion in Your Usual Way"". The Great Movie Serials: Their Sound and Fury. Routledge. pp. 113–114. ISBN 978-0-7130-0097-9.
  4. ^ Cline, William C. (1984). "Filmography". In the Nick of Time. McFarland & Company, Inc. p. 204. ISBN 0-7864-0471-X.
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