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The Galloping Ghost (serial)
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Wikipedia article
'The Galloping Ghost' is a 1931 American pre-Code Mascot serial film directed by B. Reeves Eason and Benjamin H. Kline. The title is the nickname of the star, American football player 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
*Stepin Fetchit as Snowball, football fan
*Dick Dickinson as Mogul Taxi Clerk, henchman
*Wilfred Lucas as a Sportscaster
*Yakima Canutt as a henchman (uncredited)
*Lon Chaney, Jr. as a henchman (uncredited)
*Fred Toones as a Football Fan (uncredited)
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.
Director B. Reeves Eason was reportedly fired during filming and replaced by the uncredited Benjamin H. Kline.
Stunts
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
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See also
* List of film serials by year
* List of film serials by studio
References
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