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Haunted Spooks

Haunted Spooks

1920Short⏱️ 25mPassed
ShortComedyHorror
6.6
IMDB Rating
1,565 votes

After numerous failed attempts to commit suicide, our hero (Lloyd) runs into a lawyer who is looking for a stooge to stand in as a groom in order to secure an inheritance for his client (Davis). The inheritance is a house, which h...

Director
N/A
Writers
N/A
Stars
Harold Lloyd, Mildred Davis, Wally Howe
Release Date
March 14, 1920
Language
None
Country
United States
💬 27
Reviews
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🎭 Top Cast

Harold Lloyd
Harold Lloyd
as The Boy
Mildred Davis
Mildred Davis
as The Girl
Wally Howe
Wally Howe
as The Uncle
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Marie Benson
as Unidentified
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Sammy Brooks
as Short Butler
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Anne Cartwright
as Woman
👤
Leonard Cloonan
as Boy at Robbery
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Henderson Cooper
as Bit Role
William Gillespie
William Gillespie
as The Lawyer
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Max Hamburger
as Gardener

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.33 : 1
Sound
Silent
Filming Location
Lewis Bradbury Mansion, Los Angeles, California, USA
Production
Rolin Films

🏷️ Keywords

water pistollast will and testamentthunderstormhair stands on enddark and stormy night

🎯 Categories

ComedyHorrorShort

⭐ Featured Review

Inspired, hilarious, ingenious - the first of Lloyd's shorts to truly grab me
by motta80-22009-05-21
10/10

"I in the process of watching or revisiting all of Lloyd's short and feature work and the first few shorts i've watched that i had not previous seen, most notably Number, Please?, have not seemed to have the inspired genius of his features, relying more on the tired run-fall down-slapstick violence and chases of the over-rated Keystone films and Roscoe Arbuckle. They certainly had good moments but were did not offer the Harold of the features. In Haunted Spooks though we have a film that is ingenious, hilarious and inspired. From a wonderful introduction to Harold (he's in fram..."

💡 Did You Know?

Filming was delayed 8 months when Harold Lloyd, posing for publicity photos, had a prop bomb explode in his hand. He lost two fingers, his face was badly burned, and he was temporarily blinded. In subsequent films, he always is wearing a prosthetic glove on his injured hand.

📖 Synopsis

After numerous failed attempts to commit suicide, our hero (Lloyd) runs into a lawyer who is looking for a stooge to stand in as a groom in order to secure an inheritance for his client (Davis). The inheritance is a house, which h...