Lucky Ghost

Lucky Ghost

61 mins | Comedy | Feb. 10, 1942

An all-black horror comedy starring Mantan Moreland and sometimes partner (and straight man) F.E. Miller, Lucky Ghost is amusing low-brow fare that exploits the more base, stereotypical elements of old-time black life (chicken thievin', gamblin', runnin' from ghosteses) for laughs -- sort of like the BET of its day. Mantan and Miller win a house-cum-casino in a craps game, only to discover that the deceased former owners aren't too pleased that their old home is being used for "jitterbugging, jiving, and hullaballooing". I hate hullaballooing. The ghosts decide to scare everyone off by opening doors and windows, pulling out chairs, even playing the drums.

Lucky Ghost

61 mins | Comedy | Feb. 10, 1942

Lucky Ghost
An all-black horror comedy starring Mantan Moreland and sometimes partner (and straight man) F.E. Miller, Lucky Ghost is amusing low-brow fare that exploits the more base, stereotypical elements of old-time black life (chicken thievin', gamblin', runnin' from ghosteses) for laughs -- sort of like the BET of its day. Mantan and Miller win a house-cum-casino in a craps game, only to discover that the deceased former owners aren't too pleased that their old home is being used for "jitterbugging, jiving, and hullaballooing". I hate hullaballooing. The ghosts decide to scare everyone off by opening doors and windows, pulling out chairs, even playing the drums.
IMDb rating 5.7
Producers Dixie National Pictures Inc.
Original title Lucky Ghost
Directors William Beaudine
Writers Vernon Smith, Lex Neal

Cast

Mantan Moreland

as Washington

F.E. Miller

as Jefferson

Arthur Ray

as Blackstone

Florence O'Brien

as Hostess

Harold Garrison

as Brown

Jessie Cryer

as Dawson

Napoleon Whiting

as Chauffer

Jess Lee Brooks

as Door Man

Ida Coffin

as Hat Check Girl