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The Ghost Talks is a american film of genre Comedy directed by Lewis Seiler released in USA on 24 february 1929 with Helen Twelvetrees

The Ghost Talks (1929)

The Ghost Talks
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Released in USA 24 february 1929
Directed by
OriginUSA
Genres Comedy,    Crime
Rating60% 3.042633.042633.042633.042633.04263

The Ghost Talks is a 1929 comedy genre film, directed by Lewis Seiler; based on a Max Marcin and Edward Hammond's Broadway play.

According to the New York Times review, this was the second all-talking feature from Fox, featuring various plot devices, like a lisping heroine, to show off the technology. This film is regarded as lost.

Actors

Helen Twelvetrees

(Miriam Holt)Carmel Myers

(Marie Haley)Stepin Fetchit

(Christopher Lee)Earle Foxe

(Heimie Heimrath)Joe E. Brown
And :
Arnold Lucy
Bess Flowers
Dorothy McGowan
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