Lonesome Ghosts (1937)

Directed by

Burt Gillett

Genre

comedy horror, ghost film

Country

United States

Runtime

9 min

Rated

NR

Rating

6.9 of 10 from 169 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Bored ghosts in a haunted house hire three exterminators to mess with them. The exterminators are Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, and Goofy, and the ghosts try to scare them with pranks.

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What happens

Lonesome Ghosts is a 1937 Disney animated cartoon, released through RKO Radio Pictures on Christmas Eve. It was directed by Burt Gillett and animated by Izzy (Isadore) Klein, Ed Love, Milt Kahl, Marvin Woodward, Bob Wickersham, Clyde Geronimi, Dick Huemer, Dick Williams, Art Babbitt, and Rex Cox. In the cartoon, four ghosts named Jasper, Grubb, Boo, and Moss are bored because they have scared away all of the inhabitants of a haunted house. The ghosts decide to hire Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, and Goofy, who are ghost exterminators, in order to prank them. It was the 98th short in the Mickey Mouse film series to be released, and the ninth for that year. This short marked the first use of one of Goofy's catchphrases, "Somethin' wrong here!". It is often speculated that this cartoon was an inspiration for Ghostbusters. The phrase "I ain't scared of no ghost" occurs in this cartoon, a similar line to that used in the bridge of the 1984 film's theme song written by Ray Parker Jr. In the 1987 Halloween special DTV Monster Hits, the song is matched to an edited version of the cartoon. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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