50 Date Night Screams - Ghosts on the Loose - 1943

Ghosts on the Loose - 1943

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04/05/24 • 70 min

50 Date Night Screams

"Ghosts on the Loose" is a comedy/old, dark house movie from 1943. It starred a comedy group called "The East Side Kids," which was a rotating cast of young men who starred in many movies of the time. Amber and Mike take you through the plot, which includes the bust of a ring of propagandists and an ending that didn't need to be there which needs some explanation, because it includes a potentially upsetting symbol from World War II that we don't use casually today.

Title: Ghosts on the Loose

Director: William Beaudine

IMDB Rating: 5.0 out of 10

Rating: Not Rated

Content warnings: Overlooked female characters, war symbolism, trivialization of illness

Hilarious tagline: "You'll yell with glee when these happy-go-lucky hooligans invade the shivery domain of the Man of a Thousand Horrors! It's Chill-arious!"

5th Edition Character: Emil, a bardish wear-boar that awakens other animals

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Title: Ghosts on the Loose

Director: William Beaudine

IMDB Rating: 5.0 out of 10

Rating: Not Rated

Content warnings: Overlooked female characters, war symbolism, trivialization of illness

Hilarious tagline: "You'll yell with glee when these happy-go-lucky hooligans invade the shivery domain of the Man of a Thousand Horrors! It's Chill-arious!"

5th Edition Character: Emil, a bardish wear-boar that awakens other animals

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The Ghost and the Guest - 1943

"The Ghost and the Guest" from 1943 is a poverty row comedy that also includes elements of the mystery and old, dark house genres. The one-liner humor holds up in some cases, and it did have Mike and Amber laughing. However, this movie also contains a disturbing thread of execution by hanging. It's played for laughs in the movie, but it exposes how pervasive and dangerous racism was used as a comedic trope. This makes a commentary on this movie nuanced but important in being aware of how racism was coded in early movies.

Title: The Ghost and the Guest

Director: William Nigh

IMDB Rating: 4.5 out of 10

Rating: Not rated

Content warnings: Racism, misogyny, murder, execution, and a discussion of lynching, which doesn't occur in the movie, but which we address in the commentary

Hilarious tagline: “A newlywed couple winds up spending their honeymoon night in an old, dark, spooky mansion."

5th Edition Character: Honeyboy, an undead in search of his jewels, and his gang of jewel thieves

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Reference Material:

History of Lynching in America: https://naacp.org/find-resources/history-explained/history-lynching-america

As American as the Blues: Lynching in Film and TV: https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/blog/as-american-as-the-blues-lynching-in-film-and-tv/

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Green Eyes - 1934

A wealthy man is murdered at a costume party, and all his houseguests and family are suspects. As the story unfolds, we learn that the murdered man has a difficult history with his family, his finances were not as expected, and that his granddaughter was a disappointment to him. A snarky novelist works with the police to solve the crime, but not before becoming a target for the murder himself. This difficult to follow mystery has some unique moments, but overall Mike and Amber found "Green Eyes" to be a challenging film to understand and discuss. Stick around to the end for the original character Mike created for use in tabletop role playing games.

Title: Green Eyes
Year: 1934
B/W or Color: B/W
Director: Richard Thorpe
IMDB Rating: 5.2 out of 10
Hilarious tagline: "A diabolical tale of mystery and murder."
Length: 1 hour and 8 minutes
Content warnings: Murder, suicide, controlling family members, racism
Notable actors: Charles Starrett, who was one of the seventeen founders of the Screen Actors Guild. He starred in 72 movies as The Durango Kid, which was the longest film series in Western history.

5th Edition Character: "Green Eyes," a cursed mask

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