''The Ghost Talks'' is a 1929 comedy genre film, directed by Lewis Seiler; based on a Max Marcin and Edward Hammond's Broadway play. Actor Stepen Fetchit played a character named "Christopher Lee" in this early horror film. According to the ''New York Times'' review, this was the second all-talking feature from Fox, featuring various plot devices, like a lisping heroine, to show off the technology. This film is regarded as lost.

Cast

Helen Twelvetrees Helen Marie Twelvetrees ( Jurgens; December 25, 1908 – February 13, 1958) was an American actress. She starred in Hollywood films in the sound film era from 1929 to 1939. Many of her roles were of "suffering women". She has a star on the Holly ...

* Charles Eaton *

Carmel Myers Carmel Myers (April 9, 1899 – November 9, 1980) was an American actress who achieved her greatest successes in silent film. Early life Myers was born in San Francisco, the daughter of Isidore Myers, a Russian-Jewish rabbi who was born in ...

* Stepin Fetchit *

Earle Foxe Earle Foxe (born Earl Aldrich Fox; December 25, 1891 – December 10, 1973) was an American actor. Early years Foxe was born in Oxford, Ohio, to Charles Aldrich Fox, originally of Flint, Michigan, and Eva May Herron. He was educated at Ohio Sta ...

Joe E. Brown Joseph Evans Brown (July 28, 1891 – July 6, 1973) was an American actor and comedian, remembered for his friendly screen persona, comic timing, and enormous elastic-mouth smile. He was one of the most popular American comedians in the 19 ...

* Arnold Lucy * Bess Flowers * Dorothy McGowan * Mickey Bennett

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New York Times review
1929 films American black-and-white films Films directed by Lewis Seiler Fox Film films 1929 comedy films American films based on plays American comedy films Lost American films 1929 lost films Lost comedy films 1920s English-language films 1920s American films {{1920s-comedy-film-stub