Review of The Ghost Breakers (1940) by Kevin M. W — 21 Jun 2018
One of the best of the horror comedy genre owes its success to the pairing of Hope's standard coward routine with Willie Best's standard man servant and coward routine, it's a team made for this stuff.
Granted that by today's standards the bits are old and undoubtedly racist but for the times it was groundbreaking. Best got credit on the movie poster, got lines as funny as Hope, and did much more than say "yessir" and "no sir".
The height of the film has them together exploring the haunted house. They might've had more chemistry than Hope and Goddard. And it holds up today. See it.
This review of The Ghost Breakers (1940) was written by Kevin M. W on 21 Jun 2018.
The Ghost Breakers has generally received positive reviews.
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