Ghost Train (1927 film)
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Ghost Train is a 1927 German
-British
comedy
crime film
directed by Géza von Bolváry
and starring Guy Newall
, Ilse Bois and Louis Ralph
. It is an adaptation of the Arnold Ridley
play The Ghost Train. It was a co-production between Gainsborough Pictures
and UFA
and was shot at the latter's studio in Berlin
.
Cinema of Germany
Cinema in Germany can be traced back to the late 19th century. German cinema has made major technical and artistic contributions to film.Unlike any other national cinemas, which developed in the context of relatively continuous and stable political systems, Germany witnesses major changes to its...
-British
Cinema of the United Kingdom
The United Kingdom has had a major influence on modern cinema. The first moving pictures developed on celluloid film were made in Hyde Park, London in 1889 by William Friese Greene, a British inventor, who patented the process in 1890. It is generally regarded that the British film industry...
comedy
Comedy film
Comedy film is a genre of film in which the main emphasis is on humour. They are designed to elicit laughter from the audience. Comedies are mostly light-hearted dramas and are made to amuse and entertain the audiences...
crime film
Crime film
Crime films are films which focus on the lives of criminals. The stylistic approach to a crime film varies from realistic portrayals of real-life criminal figures, to the far-fetched evil doings of imaginary arch-villains. Criminal acts are almost always glorified in these movies.- Plays and films...
directed by Géza von Bolváry
Géza von Bolváry
Géza von Bolváry was a Hungarian actor, screenwriter and film director, who worked principally in Germany and Austria.- Biography :...
and starring Guy Newall
Guy Newall
Guy Newall was a British actor, screenwriter and film director. He was born on the Isle of Wight on 25 May 1885. He began his film career by acting in the 1915 film The Heart of Sister Ann. In 1920 he directed his first film, and went on to direct a further ten including The Chinese Puzzle before...
, Ilse Bois and Louis Ralph
Louis Ralph
-Selected filmography:* The Queen Was in the Parlour * Ghost Train * Alraune * Artisten * Kongo-Express * The Golden City * I pagliacci -External links:...
. It is an adaptation of the Arnold Ridley
Arnold Ridley
Major William Arnold Ridley, OBE was an English playwright and actor, first notable as the author of the play The Ghost Train and later in life for portraying the elderly Private Charles Godfrey in the popular British sitcom Dad's Army .-Early life:Ridley was born in Walcot, Bath, England where...
play The Ghost Train. It was a co-production between Gainsborough Pictures
Gainsborough Pictures
Gainsborough Pictures was a British film studio based on the south bank of the Regent's Canal, in Poole Street, Hoxton in the former Metropolitan Borough of Shoreditch, London. Gainsborough Studios were active between 1924 and 1951. Built as a power station for the Great Northern & City Railway it...
and UFA
Universum Film AG
Universum Film AG, better known as UFA or Ufa, is a film company that was the principal film studio in Germany, home of the German film industry during the Weimar Republic and through World War II, and a major force in world cinema from 1917 to 1945...
and was shot at the latter's studio in Berlin
Berlin
Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...
.
Cast
- Guy NewallGuy NewallGuy Newall was a British actor, screenwriter and film director. He was born on the Isle of Wight on 25 May 1885. He began his film career by acting in the 1915 film The Heart of Sister Ann. In 1920 he directed his first film, and went on to direct a further ten including The Chinese Puzzle before...
- Teddy Deakin - Ilse Bois - Miss Bourne
- Louis RalphLouis Ralph-Selected filmography:* The Queen Was in the Parlour * Ghost Train * Alraune * Artisten * Kongo-Express * The Golden City * I pagliacci -External links:...
- Saul Hodgkin - Hilde Jennings - Peggy Murdock
- John Manners - Charles Murdock
- Sinaida Korolenko - Elsie Winthrop
- Ernö VerebesErnö VerebesErnö Verebes was an American actor.-Selected filmography:* Ghost Train * The Gallant Hussar *Little Mother *Moonlight Masquerade *The Climax - External links :...
- Richard Winthrop - Hertha von WaltherHertha von WaltherHertha von Walther was a German film actress. She appeared in 80 films between 1921 and 1983.-Selected filmography:* Joyless Street * Ways to Strength and Beauty * Secrets of a Soul...
- Julia Price