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The Ghost of Slumber Mountain
(1918) United States of America
B&W : One reel
Directed by Willis H. O’Brien

Cast: Herbert M. Dawley [Uncle Jack Holmes], Willis H. O’Brien [the ghost of ‘Mad Dick,’ the hermit], Alan Day [Uncle Jack’s nephew], Chauncey Day [Uncle Jack’s nephew], [?] ? [Joe], [?] ? [Soxie, the dog]

Willis H. O’Brien production; distributed by Cinema Distributing Corporation. / Produced by Herbert M. Dawley. Scenario by Willis H. O’Brien and Herbert M. Dawley. Technical supervisor, Doctor Barnum Brown. Cinematography by Willis H. O’Brien. Special effects by Willis H. O’Brien. Presented by Paul H. Cromelin. / © 1919 by [?] Cinema Distributing Corporation? Premiered 1918 at the Strand Theatre in New York, New York. Released 17 November 1918. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / A restored version of the film has expanded the running time to approximately 19 minutes.

Drama.

Survival status: Print exists.

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Animation [stop-action]

Listing updated: 7 September 2017.

References: Marrero-Vintage p. 19; Webb-Hollywood p. 165 : ClasIm-225 pp. 27, C14 : Website-IMDb.

Home video: Blu-ray Disc.