Lucky Ghost
movie

You Can Bet Your Bottom Dollar It's THRILLING - EXCITING - FUNNY!
Released February 10, 1942
Overview
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.
Cast

Mantan Moreland
as
Washington

F.E. Miller
as
Jefferson

Maceo Bruce Sheffield
as
Blake
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Arthur Ray
as
Blackstone

Florence O'Brien
as
Hostess
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Harold Garrison
as
Brown
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Jessie Cryer
as
Dawson

Napoleon Whiting
as
Chauffer
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Jess Lee Brooks
as
Door Man
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Ida Coffin
as
Hat Check Girl

Nathan Curry
as
Farmer

Millie Monroe
as
First Waitress
