The Ghost Breaker (1914 film)
| The Ghost Breaker | |
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Promotional art from the front cover of Motion Picture News (December 19, 1914) | |
| Directed by | Cecil B. DeMille Oscar C. Apfel |
| Written by | Cecil B. DeMille Oscar C. Apfel Paul Dickey Charles W. Goddard James Montgomery |
| Based on | The Ghost Breaker by Paul Dickey and Charles W. Goddard |
| Produced by | Cecil B. DeMille Jesse L. Lasky |
| Starring | H. B. Warner |
| Distributed by | Famous Players–Lasky Paramount Pictures |
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Running time | 63 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Languages | Silent English intertitles |
The Ghost Breaker is a 1914 American silent drama film directed by Cecil B. DeMille and Oscar C. Apfel and based on the 1909 Broadway play of the same name by Paul Dickey and Charles W. Goddard. The film was distributed by Paramount Pictures under the Famous Players–Lasky banner.
The Ghost Breaker was possibly the first film in a long line of haunted-house horror films with the same story. A 1922 remake of the same name starred Wallace Reid and Lila Lee. The original film was also remade as The Ghost Breakers (1940) with Bob Hope and Paulette Goddard, and as Scared Stiff (1953) with Martin and Lewis. The film is now considered lost.