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The Ghost Breaker is a 1909 haunted house farcical play written by Paul Dickey and Charles W. Goddard.

It was adapted into several films in the first half of the 20th century, including a 1914 film, a 1922 film, and a 1940 film starring Bob Hope entitled The Ghost Breakers. It later was the basis of the 1953 Martin and Lewis film Scared Stiff and was also an inspiration for the 1984 film Ghostbusters. A pilot for a 1971 television series was made but the series wasn't picked up by the networks. It was to star Warren Berlinger and Bob Denver of Gilligan's Island fame.

The play was also adapted in a 1915 book of the same name.

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References

1. The New York Times
2. Miller, John M. "The Ghost Breakers". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved February 2, 2015.
3. The New York Times
4. Google Books

External links

Media related to The Ghost Breaker (play) at Wikimedia Commons

• The Ghost Breaker public domain audiobook at LibriVox (from the novel)

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