suzepulcheria

Bob Monkhouse had a complete version of the Hulbert 1931 Ghost Train. When his movie collection was impounded, his copy was DESTROYED and no other complete version exists. A terrible shame.

I have to stand up and be counted for the Askey version. I love it. The bit where AA makes goldfish faces in the train window still cracks me up. It is of course very much a wartime version with the plot adapted accordingly.

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howard 65

I can't believe this cultural vandalism.

Didn't anyone think of checking with the BFI.or the copyright owners if they were any other copies extant.

Shameful

zandycap

I always thought that Arnold Ridley owed slightly more of a "tip o' the hat" to the Conan-Doyle story The lost special

Also does anyone have an inkling where to get the 1931 film ? I did ask on the vintage movie group on usenet, but even that lot of hardened collectors couldn't oblige me.

PS: Bob Monkhouse had his collection impounded and destroyed ?!! Say it aint so!?

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batman

Why was Bob's collection impounded?

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orpheum

In 1979 hwe was charged with attempting to defraud film distributors.He was cleared after an Old Bailey trial.Ther is no mention anywhere of his collection being destroyed.

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batman

Thanks orpheum.

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penfold

If it was a 1931 print Bob had, it would have been nitrate...it's possible it had decomposed in police hands (It doesn't take long once started, and there's no cure bar duplication) or the Police decided that it was too dangerous to store and did destroy it without consulting the BFI. It's also possible, of course, that the BFI's partial print is Bob's, or a copy thereof, and all that could be saved.

Bit of a Bay Window, what??

Mr Martin

Very interesting recent posts - Is it possible to confirm if the BFI print is Bob's and also an exact list of all the surviving bits and pieces would be useful to know - ie picture with/without sound, picture/sound only etc.

It does depend on what does actually survive, but a DVD release should not be impossible, with subtitles/overdubs etc a complete story could be created

Of course the BFI could release all the parts on DVD........or perhaps I'm in the land of make believe again !!




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