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  • Ghosts and Flypaper (1915)
  • Short | Comedy, Short
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Ghosts and Flypaper (1915)
Short | Comedy, Short

The Widow Brown strongly disapproves of her daughter Grace's love affair with Billy Hill, and the young people despair. The widow has a house for rent that is reputed to be haunted, and it is a great burden. Billy's father Silas Hill and ...See moreThe Widow Brown strongly disapproves of her daughter Grace's love affair with Billy Hill, and the young people despair. The widow has a house for rent that is reputed to be haunted, and it is a great burden. Billy's father Silas Hill and his cousin Jasper Green are rivals for the buxom widow's hand and property. With an eye for business, the widow coyly suggests that Silas and Jasper secure a permanent tenant for the haunted house, promising to marry the one who succeeds. Silas nearly wins out, but Jasper plays ghost and frightens the tenant away. Jasper gets a tenant for the house, but Silas happens to hit on the same scheme, and his ghostly antics drive out the would-be resident. Billy sees his dad with the ghostly raiment on and after securing a promise from the widow that Grace shall be his if he locates the spooks, Billy tells Silas and Jasper he has a tenant for the house. Both men decide to play ghost, and with the help of flypaper, some rope, and some rough and tumble mixing in the dead of night the "ghosts" are captured and brought to the widow. She angrily drives both men out with a broom, then when Billy says he and Grace are the "permanent tenants," she smilingly gives her consent to their marriage. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less
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Updated Nov 25, 1915

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Nov 25, 1915 (United States)

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Anne Schaefer
Widow Brown Widow Brown   See fewer
Marguerite Reid
Grace Brown Grace Brown   See fewer
Gayne Whitman
Billy Hill (as Alfred Vosburgh) Billy Hill (as Alfred Vosburgh)   See fewer
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