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The Ghost Breaker (1922 film)

The Ghost Breaker is a 1922 American silent horror comedy film about haunted houses and ghosts. It was produced by Famous Players–Lasky and distributed through Paramount Pictures. It was directed by Alfred E. Green and starred Wallace Reid in one of his last screen roles. The story, based on the 1909 play The Ghost Breaker by Paul Dickey and Charles W. Goddard, had been released on film in 1914, directed by Cecil B. DeMille and Oscar Apfel.

Plot
Warren Jarvis and his manservant Rusty Snow help a beautiful young heiress named Maria Theresa to rid her father's mansion of ghosts. The spooks turn out to be fakes however, fabricated by the Duke D'Alba to scare the young lady away, thus allowing him to steal her father's hidden gold. It was possibly a comedy classic especially being helmed by Alfred E. Green and took advantage of the increasing vogue and interest in haunted house melodramas. ==Cast==
Cast
Wallace Reid as Warren (Walter) Jarvis, ghost breaker • Lila Lee as Maria Theresa, a Spanish heiress • Walter Hiers (in blackface) as Rusty Snow, a Negro servant • Arthur Edmund Carewe as Duke D'Alba, leader of the ghosts • J. Farrell MacDonald as Sam Marcum, a Kentucky feudist • Frances Raymond as Aunt Mary Jarvis • Snitz Edwards as Maurice • Richard Arlen as A Ghost (uncredited) • Mervyn LeRoy as A Ghost (uncredited) • George O'Brien as A Ghost (uncredited) ==Preservation==
Preservation
With no prints of The Ghost Breaker located in any film archives, it is considered a lost film. In February 2021, the film was cited by the National Film Preservation Board on their Lost U.S. Silent Feature Films list. ==See also==
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