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The Ghost Breaker (play)

The Ghost Breaker is a 1909 haunted house farcical play written by Paul Dickey and Charles W. Goddard.[1]

The Ghost Breaker

1909

English

It was adapted into several films in the first half of the 20th century, including a 1914 film, a 1922 film, and a 1940 film starring Bob Hope entitled The Ghost Breakers.[2][3] It later was the basis of the 1953 Martin and Lewis film Scared Stiff and was also an inspiration for the 1984 film Ghostbusters.


The play was also adapted in a 1915 book of the same name.[4]

public domain audiobook at LibriVox (from the novel)

The Ghost Breaker

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