The Galloping Ghost (serial)

Infobox Film
name = The Galloping Ghost


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director = B. Reeves Eason
Benjamin H. Kline
producer = Nat Levine
writer = Ford Beebe
Wyndham Gittens
Helmer Walton Bergman
narrator =
starring = Harold 'Red' Grange
Dorothy Gulliver
Tom Dugan
Gwen Lee
Ralph Bushman
music = Lee Zahler
cinematography = Tom Galligan
Benjamin H. Kline
Ernest Miller
editing = Ray Snyder
Gilmore Walker
distributor = Mascot Pictures
released = Flagicon|USA 1931
runtime = 12 chapters (226 min)
country = USA
language = English
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amg_id = 1:19139
imdb_id = 0021895

"The Galloping Ghost" (1931) is a Mascot movie serial. The title is actually the nickname of the star, American football player Harold 'Red' Grange.

Plot

Red Grange is thrown off the Clay College football team in disgrace when his friend, Buddy Courtland, takes a bribe to throw the big game and Red attacks him. Red then proceeds to investigate and hunt down the head of the gambling ring responsible. Red eventually clears his name and both he and Buddy are reinstated on the team.

Cast

*Harold 'Red' Grange as Red Grange, Clay College football star who is thrown off the team in disgrace after being framed for planning to throw the next game
*Dorothy Gulliver as Barbara Courtland, Buddy's sister and Red's girlfriend
*Tom Dugan as Jerry, Red's stuttering cabbie comedy sidekick
*Gwen Lee as Irene Courtland, Buddy's secret wife who blackmails Buddy because their marriage will get him thrown out of Clay College
*Ralph Bushman as Buddy Courtland, Red's friend who took the bribe that resulted in Red being thrown off the team
*Theodore Lorch as Dr Julian Blake, the 'crippled stranger' and villainous brain surgeon
*Walter Miller as George Elton
*Edward Hearn as Coach Harlow
*Ernie Adams as Brady, henchman
*Tom London as Mullins, henchman
*Frank Brownlee as Tom, cab garage manager
*Edward Peil Sr. as Coach of Baxter Team
*Joe Mack as Lefty, henchman
*Stepin Fetchit as Snowball, football fan
*Dick Dickinson as Mogul Taxi Clerk, henchman
*Wilfred Lucas as a Sportscaster
*Yakima Canutt as a henchman
*Lon Chaney Jr as a henchman
*Fred Toones as a Football Fan

Production

Grange received this starring role thanks to his business manager, and theater owner, Frank Zambrino. The serial took three weeks to film and Grange earned $4,500 overall.cite book
last = Harmon
first = Jim
coauthors= Donald F. Glut
authorlink = Jim Harmon
title = The Great Movie Serials: Their Sound and Fury
origyear = 1973
publisher = Routledge
isbn = 9780713000979
pages = pp. 113-114
chapter = 5. Real Life Heroes "Just Strangle the Lion in Your Usual Way" ]

Director B. Reeves Eason was reportedly fired during filming and replaced by the uncredited Benjamin H. Kline.

tunts

This serial was filmed at a time before "stuntmen did mostly everything" which meant that Grange had to do a lot of his own stunts.

Chapter titles

# The Idol of Clay
# Port of Peril
# The Master Mind
# The House of Secrets
# The Man Without a Face
# The Torn $500 Bill
# When the Lights Went Out
# The Third Degree
# Sign in the Sky
# The Vulture's Lair
# The Radio Patrol
# The Ghost comes Back_Source: [cite book
last = Cline
first = William C.
title = In the Nick of Time
origyear = 1984
publisher = McFarland & Company, Inc.
isbn = 078640471X
pages = pp. 204
chapter = Filmography ]

ee also

* List of film serials by year
* List of film serials by studio

References

External links

*imdb title|id=0021895|title=The Galloping Ghost

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title=Mascot Serial
before=The Vanishing Legion (1931)
years=The Galloping Ghost (1931)
after=The Lightning Warrior (1931)