THE GALLOPING GHOST (1931) Harold 'Red' Grange, Dorothy Gulliver & Walter Miller | Drama | B&W

The Galloping Ghost is a 1931 American pre-Code Mascot serial film co-directed by B. Reeves Eason and Benjamin H. Kline. The title is the nickname of the star, real life American football player Red Grange. Lon Chaney Jr. had a small uncredited part in it as a henchman.

SYNOPSIS
A gambling ring run out of the Mogul Taxi company is intent on fixing college football games. Football star Harold "Red" Grange is a target for the gamblers, whose thugs try to eliminate Grange from playing. Grange's buddy Buddy is himself vulnerable to blackmail, since he has broken team rules by marrying. The crooks use all their wiles to keep Grange and Buddy from leading their team to victory.

Red Grange is thrown off the Clay College football team in disgrace when his friend, Buddy Courtland, takes a bribe to throw the big game and Red attacks him. Red then proceeds to investigate and hunt down the head of the gambling ring responsible. Red eventually clears his name and both he and Buddy are reinstated on the team.

CAST & CREW
Harold "Red" Grange as Harold "Red" Grange
Ralph Bushman as Buddy Courtland
Dorothy Gulliver as Barbara Courtland
Tom Dugan as Jerry
Gwen Lee as Irene Courtland
Theodore Lorch as Dr. Julian Blake
Walter Miller as George Elton
Edward Hearn as Coach Harlow
Edward Peil, Sr. as The Coach
Stepin Fetchit as "Snowball"
Wilfred Lucas as a Sportscaster
Frank Brownlee as Tom
Ernie Adams as Brady
Dick Dickinson as Mogul Taxi Clerk
Tom London as Mullins

Directed by B. Reeves Eason, Benjamin H. Kline
Written by Ford Beebe, Wyndham Gittens, Helmer Walton Bergman
Produced by Nat Levine
Cinematography Tom Galligan, Benjamin H. Kline, Ernest Miller
Edited by Ray Snyder, Gilmore Walker
Music by Lee Zahler
Distributed by Mascot Pictures
Release date September 1, 1931 (United States)
Running time 12 chapters (226 minutes)
Country United States
Language English

NOTES
Grange received this starring role thanks to his business manager, and theater owner, Frank Zambrino. The serial took three weeks to film and Grange earned $4,500 overall.

Director B. Reeves Eason was reportedly fired during filming and replaced by the uncredited Benjamin H. Kline.

This serial was filmed at a time before "stuntmen did mostly everything" which meant that Grange had to do a lot of his own stunts.

Chapter titles
The Idol of Clay
Port of Peril
The Master Mind
The House of Secrets
The Man Without a Face
The Torn $500 Bill
When the Lights Went Out
The Third Degree
Sign in the Sky
The Vulture's Lair
The Radio Patrol
The Ghost comes Back

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