December 13, 2012

"Haunted Spooks"



"Haunted Spooks" (short), 1920. A girl must marry someone and live in a house in order to inherit it.

Directed by Alfred J. Goulding & Hal Roach. Written by H.M. Walker. Starring Harold Lloyd & Mildred Davis.

Concept: 1/4 (Bad)
Story: 2/4 (Indifferent)
Characters: 1/4 (Bad)
Dialog: 3/4 (Good)
Pacing: 3/4 (Good)
Cinematography: 2/4 (Indifferent)
Special effects/design: 3/4 (Good)
Acting: 3/4 (Good). Mildred Davis is adorable in this. At one point she almost steals a scene just by laughing at Harold.
Music: 3/4 (Good)
Subjective Rating: 6/10 (Okay, 2/4). Most of the film is good. Some of Lloyd's funniest bits are in it, and it doesn't have any down time. But once they finally get around to the haunted spooks part (which is just at the end), it turns racist; they put the gags on hold for some minstrel crap.
Objective Rating (Average): 2.3/4 (Okay)

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