The ghost train 1931 film

I and my daughter had waited many years to be able to see the surviving 50 minute print of jack hulberts version of the ghost train, filmed in 1931 fresh from the stage, an unintentionally ghostly film ok, maybe just to tick it off the list thark still remains top though finally getting round to it tonight. The phantom express 1932 made in hollywood the next year bears close similarity to the plays theme, but it is unacknowledged in its credits. On the bright side, it improves when they get to the train station. Still, scenes of the passengers being stranded and enough of the exciting climax complete with ten minutes of sound remain to make you all the more eager for the complete film to be discovered. Arthur askey plays irritating entertainer tommy gander who is stranded overnight in a cornish train station with his fellow passengers. The ghost train 1941 rotten tomatoes movie trailers. The ghost train was successful in europe and america, where it had a profitable weeks engagement at the celebrated roxy theatre in new york city in february, 1933. Had seen the much damaged 1931 version and it felt like it had a lot in common with it.

Id been looking forward to the ghost train 1941 for quite some time now. It is an adaptation of arnold ridleys play the ghost train. The ghost train is a 1941 english mystery thriller film directed by walter forde based on the 1923 play of the same name written by arnold ridley. This earliest surviving romanian horrorthriller is distinctly unromanian in several ways. The drums of jeopardy 1931 warner oland june collyer mischa auer by a touch of evil. The ghost train 1931 film jack hulbert as teddy deakin. It is based on the play the ghost train by arnold ridley.

The ghost train 1931 an undiscovered archive treasure only 40 minutes survive of this arnold ridley feature film of phantom trains and gun runners. Classic horror film board the golden age of horror murder and mystery ghost train 1931 share. Bob monkhouse had a pristine copy of this film in his personal archive. Orton writer and arnold ridley play, starring arthur askey as tommy. With wilfred brambell heading an excellent cast it was hammed up gloriously and great fun. The ghost train play, written in 1923 by arnold ridley. This fantastic little black and white film was made in 1941. Ghost train folklore, a phantom vehicle in the form of a locomotive or train an alternative name for dark ride, an indoor amusement ride an alternative name for parliamentary train, a service run rarely to maintain the legal fiction that a station or line remains open. His antics with an imaginary dead body are humorous at times.

This 1941 film, and i am a lover of early black and white films, is a little disappointing. The ghost train was a wartime film in every sense of the expression. The ghost train 1931 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Only five reels of picture and two reels of soundtrack survive. The ghost train was the only arthur askey film to be broadcast on british tv. Slika i prilika je britanski crnobijeli kriminalisticki film snimljen u reziji waltera fordea. What he finds is a criminal gang led by the mysterious ruby and the stationmasters inevitably beautiful daughter. The ghost train is a 1931 british comedy thriller film directed by walter forde and starring jack hulbert, cicely courtneidge and ann todd. It was shot at studios in london at the very height of the blitz the actors dressingrooms were positioned handy to the bombshelters, just in case and its attitude is entirely typical for a british film of the time. The original play the ghost train was actually written by arnold ridley who you may know better as private godfrey in dads army. William arnold ridley, obe 7 january 1896 12 march 1984 was an english playwright and actor, earlier in his career known for writing the play the ghost train and later in life for portraying the elderly private godfrey in the british sitcom dads army 19681977. One wishes this part of the film wouldve been much longer. Sadly, only pieces of this 1931 classic british comedythriller film still remain 5 reels of picture and 3 reels of sound tract. One of the most eagerly sought after lost british films, the first sound version of arnold ridleys successful railway station comedy thriller teams husband and wife.

The ghost train is a 1941 british mystery thriller film directed by walter forde based on the 1923 play of the same name written by arnold ridley. In 1927 the ghost train was produced as a silent film in a joint venture by gainsborough and the famed german ufa studio. Predstavlja drugu po redu adaptaciju romana the gaunt stranger edgara wallacea, odnosno remake istoimenog nijemog filma snimljenog tri godine ranije. Mar 30, 2016 the ghost train is a 1941 english mystery thriller film directed by walter forde based on the 1923 play of the same name written by arnold ridley. If you have any information regarding this film, any of the stills, or even better, some now shots please contact us. Arthur askey and richard murdoch who both star in this film were a comedy partnership who, at the time the film was made were probably the. A lonely rural railway station plays host to a group of travellers who are stranded. In this thriller, a group of stranded passengers are terrified by the weird tales of a stationmaster who tells them of the ghost train that rumbles down the darkened tracks.

As the ghost train hurtles through the station, teddy runs to the signal box to help open the swing bridge further up the line. Seven people are stranded for a stormy night at a remote, unmanned railroad station past which, every midnight, steams the ghost of a train which wrecked there 20 years ago. The station seems to be haunted by a ghost train as well. The first sound production came in 1931 from gaumontbritish, and was directed by walter forde. The next film, starring comedian jack hulbert, was the ghost train 1931, only survives in an incomplete form. It was directed by geza bolvary and emphasized the darker aspects of the ghostly story. The ghost train 1941 not rated 1h 25min comedy, horror 5 may 1941 uk high jinks and chills ensue when a group of people become stranded at an isolated station and a legendary phantom train approaches. Times flies is a 1944 british comedy film directed by walter forde and starring tommy handley, evelyn dall, felix aylmer and moore marriott. Major new collection of rare railway films unveiled on bfi. I gave it a 3 rating mainly because of the quality of the film. The ghost train is a 1941 british mystery thriller film directed by walter forde based on the. I remember seeing the ghost train on the london stage in the 1970s. The ghost train 1931 fantastic movie musings and ramblings. The ghost train is a 1941 english mystery thriller film directed by walter forde based on the 1923 play of the same name written by arnold.

The ghost train 1941 full movie old british comedy. Jan 07, 2015 behind the scenes on the ghost train 1931 with the models made for the crash sequence, crashing into the barmouth swing bridge. The movie had a good story line with a supprise ending. Enter the great british comedian, arthur askey, and things turn to farce. It revolves around a motley group of passengers stranded at an isolated railway station on a dark and stormy night.

The corpse vanishes 1942 bela lugosi full movie by. The ghost train 1931 article 3955 by dave sindelar date. The train is said to cause the death of anyone who sees it. They all soon learn that the locals have a superstition about a phantom train that travels the dead of night packed with the ghosts of a long lost train. Behind the scenes on the ghost train, 1930s film 33221. The ghost train was originally written as a play by arnold ridley later best known as private godrey in dads army. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto. Remake of the partially lost 1931 film and oh mr porter 1937. As the ghost train hurtles through the station, teddy runs. If you have any information regarding this film, any of the stills. Another ghost train movie several people get stranded in a remote train station during a storm. The ghost train 1941 full movie old british comedy by oldfilmstv1.

Unfortunately, from the 1931 film version of the famous 1923 stage play the ghost train, only five reels have survived, and only two of them complete with sound fortunately, among those is the last reel. Directed by walter forde, produced by edward black, written by marriott edgar dialogue, val guest dialogue, j. The ghost train 1931 1h 12min comedy, thriller 1 december 1933 usa the story, about the social interaction of a group of railway passengers who have been stranded at a remote rural station overnight who are increasingly threatened by a latent external force, part talkie mostly silent. Behind the scenes on the ghost train 1931 with the models made for the crash sequence, crashing into the barmouth swing bridge.

Almost too much, and im struggling a little with the light comedian arthur askey, so not as original as id hoped. Apr 22, 20 the ghost train 1941 is a british comedymystery movie. The screenplay concerns a music hall performer who travels back to elizabethan times using a time machine. Comedy in which detective posing as a fool catches smugglers using an abandoned railway line. Michael balcon was once again the producer, and the film was scripted. The stationmaster tells them about the legend of a phantom train and its ghostly passengers, the victims of a terrible crash. Lashing rain, thunderstorms, and for in a godforsaken and eerie rail station. This comedy thriller sees a group of travellers stranded overnight at a rural railway station in wartime britain. Remake of the english movie ghost train 1931, walter forde. The ghost train 1931 posters the movie database tmdb.