The Live Ghost (1934)

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Country: USA
Genres: Comedy, Short
Release: 1934-12-08
Director: Charley Rogers
Writers: H.M. Walker
Language: English
Stars: Stan Laurel , Oliver Hardy , Mae Busch , Walter Long , Arthur Housman (1889–1942) , Harry Bernard , Baldwin Cooke , Hubert Diltz , Dick Gilbert , Pete Gordon
Runtime: 21 min
Awards: N/A
AKA: Il fantasma stregato (Italy) , Stan și Bran și fantoma (Romania) , The Live Ghost (United States of America) , Le bateau hanté (France, French Republic) , Kummituslaiva (Finland) , De Mal a Pior (Portugal, Portuguese Republic) , Elävä kummitus (Finland) , Az eleven kisértet (Hungary) , Das Geisterschiff (Germany) , Spuk an Bord (Germany) , Живой призрак , El barco fantasma (Spain) , The Live Ghost , O Morto-Vivo (Brazil) , Det spøger på skibet (Denmark) , Hurskaat hunsvotit (Finland)
Plot: A gruff sea captain, who absolutely detests the word "ghost," is having trouble manning his ship because of the rumor it's...well...haunted. He inveigles Stanley and Oliver into helping him shanghai a crew from the sailors at a dockside bar. The comic duo accomplish this by using one of the funniest devices ever put into a movie, and of course it all goes wrong. Once aboard, the captain warns them that whoever says the word "ghost" will get his head twisted from north to south. After much time at sea and many port stops later, one of the drunken sailors falls into a trough of whitewash, terrorizing Stanley and Oliver into blurting out "ghost" in front of the enraged captain, which brings about the story's Laurel and Hardy trademark "another fine mess" ending.
IMDB:tt0025413