Shivering Spooks
{{short description|1926 short film by Robert F. McGowan}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=November 2019}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Shivering Spooks
| image = OG ShiveringSpooks 26.jpg
| caption = Lobby card
| director = Robert F. McGowan
| writer = Hal Roach
H. M. Walker
| producer = Hal Roach
F. Richard Jones
| starring = Joe Cobb
Jackie Condon
Johnny Downs
Allen Hoskins
Mary Kornman
Scooter Lowry
Jay R. Smith
Bobby Young
Buster the Dog
George B. French
Clara Guiol
Tiny Sandford
| cinematography =
| editing = Richard C. Currier
| distributor = Pathé Exchange
| released = {{Film date|1926|8|8}}
| runtime = 18:07
| country = United States
| language = Silent (English intertitles)
}}
Shivering Spooks is a 1926 short silent comedy film directed by Robert F. McGowan.{{cite web |url=http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/S/ShiveringSpooks1926.html |title=Progressive Silent Film List: Shivering Spooks |accessdate=September 14, 2008|work=silentera.com}}{{cite news |url=https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/226170/Shivering-Spooks/overview |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110520155415/http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/226170/Shivering-Spooks/overview |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 20, 2011 |title=New York Times: Shivering Spooks |accessdate=September 14, 2008| first=Mordaunt |department=Movies & TV Dept. |work=The New York Times |author-link=Mordaunt Hall |date=2011 | last=Hall}} It was the 52nd Our Gang short subject to be released.{{cite book |last1=Maltin |first1=Leonard |last2=Bann |first2=Richard W. |title=Our Gang: The Life and Times of the Little Rascals |date=1977 |publisher=Crown Publishers |pages=66–67 |url=https://archive.org/details/ourganglifetimes0000malt/page/66/mode/2up |access-date=3 March 2024}} One of the child actors, Johnny Downs, went on to become a successful character actor and starred with George Zucco in The Mad Monster (1942).Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era. Midnight Marquee Press. p. 305. {{ISBN|978-1936168-68-2}}.
Plot
A phony spiritualist named Professor Fleece dupes gullible people into believing he can contact the dead through seances. When the Our Gang kids disrupt one of his seances, the Professor orders his henchmen to scare the heck out of the kids so that they will leave the area.
Cast
=The Gang=
- Joe Cobb as Joe
- Jackie Condon as Jackie
- Johnny Downs as Johnny
- Allen Hoskins as Farina
- Mary Kornman as Mary
- Scooter Lowry as Skooter
- Jay R. Smith as Jay
- Bobby Young as Bonedust
- Buster the Dog as Buster
=Additional cast=
- Harry Bowen as Assistant to Professor Fleece
- George B. French as Professor Fleece
- Clara Guiol as 'Sucker' at séance
- {{ill|Ham Kinsey|fr}} as Assistant to Professor Fleece
- Tiny Sandford as Detective
- Dorothea Wolbert as 'Sucker' at séance
See also
References
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External links
{{commons category|Shivering Spooks}}
- {{IMDb title|0017380}}
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Category:American black-and-white films
Category:Films directed by Robert F. McGowan
Category:Hal Roach Studios short films
Category:Silent American comedy short films
Category:1920s English-language films
Category:English-language comedy short films
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