Ghost Train (1927 film)

{{Infobox film

| name = The Ghost Train

| image = Ghost Train (1927 film).jpg

| caption = French poster for the film

| director = Géza von Bolváry

| producer = {{ubl|Michael Balcon|Hermann Fellner|Arnold Pressburger|Josef Somlo}}

| writer = {{ubl|Arnold Ridley (play)|Adolf Lantz|Benno Vigny}}

| starring = {{ubl|Guy Newall|Ilse Bois|Louis Ralph|Hilde Jennings}}

| music = Willy Schmidt-Gentner

| cinematography = Otto Kanturek

| editing =

| studio = {{ubl|Gainsborough Pictures|Phoebus Film}}

| distributor = Woolf & Freedman Film Service

| released = {{Film date|1927|09||UK|1927|10|29|Germany|df=y}}

| runtime = 6,500 feet{{sfn|Low|Manvell|p=372}}

| country = {{ubl|Germany|United Kingdom}}

| language = {{ubl|Silent|English/German intertitles}}

| budget =

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The Ghost Train ({{langx|de|Der Geisterzug}}) is a 1927 German-British crime comedy film directed by Géza von Bolváry and starring Guy Newall, Ilse Bois and Louis Ralph.[https://web.archive.org/web/20090115032204/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/62202 BFI.org] It is an adaptation of Arnold Ridley's play The Ghost Train. The film was a co-production between Gainsborough Pictures and Phoebus Film and was shot at the latter's Staaken Studios in Berlin. The film was released in France as Le Train Fantome.

Some sources have reported over the years that the film was directed by famed Hungarian director Michael Curtiz but, according to critic Troy Howarth, "he's not credited on the prints, nor is the title attributed to him in any reputable source".

The story was filmed again (with sound) in 1931.{{sfn|Workman|Howarth|p=312}}

Plot

Some strange supernatural phenomenon starts to occur in a railway station, leading members of the public to avoid the place. It turns out some criminals are faking the strange events to keep people away from the station to protect their smuggling operations.{{sfn|Workman|Howarth|p=312}}

Cast

{{cast listing|

Guy Newall as Teddy Deakin
Ilse Bois as Miss Bourne
Louis Ralph as Saul Hodgkin
Hilde Jennings as Peggy Murdock
John Manners as Charles Murdock
Sinaida Korolenko as Elsie Winthrop
Ernő Verebes as Richard Winthrop
Hertha von Walther as Julia Price

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References

Bibliography

{{cite book | ref = {{harvid|Bergfelder|Cargnelli}} | editor-last1 = Bergfelder | editor-first1 = Tim | editor-last2 = Cargnelli | editor-first2 = Christian | title = Destination London: German-Speaking Emigrés and British Cinema, 1925–1950 | publisher = Berghahn Books | year = 2008 | location = New York | isbn = 978-0-85745-019-7 }}
{{cite book | ref = {{harvid|Low|Manvell}} | last1 = Low | first1 = Rachael | author-link1 = Rachael Low | last2 = Manvell | first2 = Roger | author-link2 = Roger Manvell | title = The History of the British Film, 1918–1929 | publisher = Allen & Unwin | year = 1971 | location = London | isbn = 978-0-04-791021-0 }}
{{cite book | ref = {{harvid|Workman|Howarth}} | last = Workman | first = Christopher | last2 = Howarth | first2 = Troy | year = 2016 | title = Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era | publisher = Midnight Marquee Press | page = 312 | location = Baltimore | isbn = 978-1-936168-68-2 }}