Not of the same vintage, but Gordon Chan's _Armageddon_ (1997), and Leonard Kirtman's _Curse of the Headless Horseman_ (1972), as well as most episodes of the "mystery" Scooby-Doo (and presumably the film, which I haven't seen), would fit what you're looking for, were you looking past the 1940s. Scott Andrew Hutchins [log in to unmask] Examine The Life of Timon of Athens at Cracks in the Fourth Wall Theatre & Filmworks http://mywebpages.comcast.net/scottandrewh "But since in fact we see that avarice, anger, envy, pride, sloth, lust and stupidity commonly profit far beyond humility, chastity, fortitude, justice and thought, and have to choose, to be human at all...why then perhaps we *must* stand fast a little--even at the risk of being heroes." --Sir Thomas More, _A Man for All Seasons_, by Robert Bolt ----- Original Message ----- From: "Miller, James Andrew (UMC-Student)" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Saturday, April 19, 2003 12:27 PM Subject: "Almost ghost" or pseudo-ghost films? Screenlisters: I'm looking at a lot of ghost movies from the 1940s (Ghost and Mrs Muir, Portrait of Jennie, A Guy Named Joe) and began to notice that there seem to be quite a few of what I might call "almost ghost" or "pseudo ghost" films in the period. Examples: The Ghost Breakers (1941): the ghost turns out to be a scam... Laura The Lost Moment (1947): adaptation of James' "The Aspern Papers"-- Miss Tina isn't literally a ghost but has almost made herself one by sheer force of will... Can you think of any more films of the 40s that are like these? Either the viewer is temporarily led to believe there is a ghost at work, or else one or more characters behave in a ghostly manner while the viewer is let in on the truth. Andy Miller University of Missouri-Columbia ---- For past messages, visit the Screen-L Archives: http://bama.ua.edu/archives/screen-l.html ---- For past messages, visit the Screen-L Archives: http://bama.ua.edu/archives/screen-l.html