Lucky Ghost

William Beaudine
1942-02-10

You Can Bet Your Bottom Dollar It's THRILLING - EXCITING - FUNNY!
5.4
61 min

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

Name	Character	Team
Mantan Moreland	Washington	Unowned
F.E. Miller	Jefferson	Unowned
Maceo Bruce Sheffield	Blake	Unowned
Arthur Ray	Blackstone	Unowned
Florence O'Brien	Hostess	Unowned
Harold Garrison	Brown	Unowned
Jessie Cryer	Dawson	Unowned
Napoleon Whiting	Chauffer	Unowned
Jess Lee Brooks	Door Man	Unowned
Ida Coffin	Hat Check Girl	Unowned
Nathan Curry	Farmer	Unowned
Millie Monroe	First Waitress	Unowned
Louise Franklin	Second Waitress (as Louise Franklyn)	Unowned
Lucille Battle	Third Waitress	Unowned
Avanelle Harris	Fourth Waitress (as Aranelle Harris)	Unowned
Monte Hawley	Masher (as Monty Hawley)	Unowned
Vernon McCalla	First Man Guest (as Vernon McCella)	Unowned
Harry Levette	First Man Diner (as Harry Lavette)	Unowned
Henry Hastings	Uncle Ezra's Ghost	Unowned
Florence Field	Mrs. Ezra's Ghost	Unowned
John Lester Johnson	First Ghost	Unowned
Edward Thompson	Second Ghost (as Eddie Thompson)	Unowned
Lester Christmas	Third Ghost (as Leonard Christmas)	Unowned
Reginald Fenderson	Dealer (as Reggie Finderson)	Unowned
Lorenzo Flennoy	Himself	Unowned