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The Lucky Ghost (1942)
An all-black horror comedy starring Mantan Moreland and sometimes partner (and straight man) F.E. Miller, Lucky Ghost is amusing low-brow fare that exploits the more base, stereotypical elements of old-time black life (chicken thievin', gamblin', runnin' from ghosteses) for laughs -- sort of like the BET of its day. Mantan and Miller win a house-cum-casino in a craps game, only to discover that the deceased former owners aren't too pleased that their old home is being used for "jitterbugging, jiving, and hullaballooing". I hate hullaballooing. The ghosts decide to scare everyone off by opening doors and windows, pulling out chairs, even playing the drums.
Updated May 23 2020
Cast
Mantan Moreland
Washington
Jess Lee Brooks
Door Man
F.E. Miller
Jefferson
Harold Garrison
Brown
Maceo Bruce Sheffield
Blake
Florence O'Brien
Hostess
Arthur Ray
Blackstone
Crew
William Beaudine
Director
Robert E. Cline
Director of Photography
Robert O. Crandall
Editor
Lex Neal
Writer
Vernon Smith
Writer
Jed Buell
Producer
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