Some friends and I were discussing good gost movies -- not horror or
splatter flicks -- and came up with the following list. Let's see if
we can add to it:

The Haunting (1961)
The Uninvited (1944)
The Shining (1997) (not the Jack Nicholson version -- too funny!)
The Others (2001)
Stir of Echoes (1999)
The Innocents (1961)
Below (2002)
Ringu (1998)
Carnival of Souls (1962)
The Changeling (1980)

Presumably, the film of _Our Town_ (I haven't seen it)

Some friends and I were discussing good gost movies -- not horror or
splatter flicks -- and came up with the following list. Let's see if
we can add to it:

The Haunting (1961)
The Uninvited (1944)
The Shining (1997) (not the Jack Nicholson version -- too funny!)
The Others (2001)
Stir of Echoes (1999)
The Innocents (1961)
Below (2002)
Ringu (1998)
Carnival of Souls (1962)
The Changeling (1980)

amol...@gmail.com wrote:
Presumably, the film of _Our Town_ (I haven't seen it)

Yep, ghosts in that one, but not in the ordinary sense -- they don't
mix with the living or haunt them, & in fact aren't noticed by the
living. A few of them just gaze on those loved ones who have survived
them, & get into a funk over missed opportunities & existential
myopia. (I think Wilder suffered from depression.)

The Sam Wood film is quite beautiful, but unfortunately is in wretched
shape.

The Copland score -- for my money, his finest -- is widely
available in Boosey & Hawkes sheet music for piano.

____
The engraver's copy is scarcely viable as
a textual source for the Missa Solemnis.

-- Norbert Gertsch
Urtext Vocal Score

Et vi-tam ven-tu-ri sae--cu-li
a--men, a-men, a-men, a-men
et_____ vi-tam ven-tu-------ri
ven-tu-ri, ven-tu--------ri

-- Beethoven
Op. 123 Et resurrexit

Some friends and I were discussing good gost movies -- not horror or
splatter flicks -- and came up with the following list. Let's see if
we can add to it:

The Haunting (1961)
The Uninvited (1944)
The Shining (1997) (not the Jack Nicholson version -- too funny!)
The Others (2001)
Stir of Echoes (1999)
The Innocents (1961)
Below (2002)
Ringu (1998)
Carnival of Souls (1962)
The Changeling (1980)

Tom (who keeps meaning to see _Thunder Rock_ .....

Some friends and I were discussing good gost movies -- not horror or
splatter flicks -- and came up with the following list. Let's see if
we can add to it:

The Haunting (1961)
The Uninvited (1944)
The Shining (1997) (not the Jack Nicholson version -- too funny!)
The Others (2001)
Stir of Echoes (1999)
The Innocents (1961)
Below (2002)
Ringu (1998)
Carnival of Souls (1962)
The Changeling (1980)

A few enjoyable comedy ghost movies :

THE GHOST TRAIN - I saw the Arthur Askey version when I was a kid.
Askey's British music hall comedy probably isn't for everyone but I
enjoyed it. Some spooky moments - I recall a character with a
lantern emerging from a tunnel singing "Rock of Ages" - Trivia moment
- Robert Mitchum (when he was very young) played the Arthur Askey
character in a high school stage play.

OH, MR PORTER - Will Hay is sent to a lonely railway station in
Ireland where the staition masters have a reputation for either going
mad or disappearing - Some classic comedy routines - Don't know how
familiar American audiences are with Will Hay but his seedy roguish
screen personna (Something like W.C. Fields) is worth a look.

BLONDIE HAS SERVANT TROUBLE - Blondie and Dagwood find themselves
staying in a haunted house - One of the best Blondie films.

Dave in Toronto






Got the Will Hay "Oh! Mr. Porter" last year. It is worth a look but

A few enjoyable comedy ghost movies :

THE GHOST TRAIN - I saw the Arthur Askey version when I was a kid.
Askey's British music hall comedy probably isn't for everyone but I
enjoyed it. Some spooky moments - I recall a character with a
lantern emerging from a tunnel singing "Rock of Ages" - Trivia moment
- Robert Mitchum (when he was very young) played the Arthur Askey
character in a high school stage play.

OH, MR PORTER - Will Hay is sent to a lonely railway station in
Ireland where the staition masters have a reputation for either going
mad or disappearing - Some classic comedy routines - Don't know how
familiar American audiences are with Will Hay but his seedy roguish
screen personna (Something like W.C. Fields) is worth a look.

BLONDIE HAS SERVANT TROUBLE - Blondie and Dagwood find themselves
staying in a haunted house - One of the best Blondie films.

Some friends and I were discussing good gost movies -- not horror or
splatter flicks -- and came up with the following list. Let's see if
we can add to it:

The Haunting (1961)
The Uninvited (1944)
The Shining (1997) (not the Jack Nicholson version -- too funny!)
The Others (2001)
Stir of Echoes (1999)
The Innocents (1961)
Below (2002)
Ringu (1998)
Carnival of Souls (1962)
The Changeling (1980)

Yep, ghosts in that one, but not in the ordinary sense -- they don't
mix with the living or haunt them, & in fact aren't noticed by the
living. A few of them just gaze on those loved ones who have survived
them, & get into a funk over missed opportunities & existential
myopia. (I think Wilder suffered from depression.)

Right. Is the film substantially different from the play? How do the
ghosts work? Are they just filmed like anybody else?

The Sam Wood film is quite beautiful, but unfortunately is in wretched
shape.

How do you mean? In need of restoration?

On Jun 29, 12:58 am, amol...@gmail.com wrote:

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