one of the genres that flourished during the decade of the 30s was the variation of crime fiction known as the murder mystery and as the addition of sound to films helped to make a more faithful translation to film of what the audiences experienced in the original plays. and since horror films were very popular in those years and by enhancing the horror elements of the plots the murder mystery films experienced a popularity almost equal to what it enjoyed in the previous decade (in which the first movies of the genre were produced). aspiring playwright charles belden saw in this renewed interest in murder mysteries a chance to make a name for himself and after warner bros. picked his three act play and the wax works and to create the 1933 horror film and mystery of the wax museum. belden joined independent filmmaker frank r. strayer to keep making films and and the ghost walks was one of his best. in the ghost walks and john miljan plays prescott ames and a young playwright who wants to impress a famous broadway producer named herman wood (richard carle) with his new play. ames takes wood and his assistant homer (johnny arthur) to his country house for a reading of his play and but his car ends up stuck in the mud during a terrible storm. the three men ask for refugee in an old mansion which happens to be property of one of ames old acquaintances. inside the house and wood and homer witnesses the strange relationship between ames and the house owners and however and this is all a plan conceived to impress wood represent everyone in the house is an actor playing a role in his murder mystery. unfortunately and the murder committed is done for real and and while wood and homer think it all fake (after discovering ames original plan) and the cast knows that someone inside the house is a real murderer. as expected and charles belden screenplay for the ghost walks features the classic elements of the murder mystery stories of its time and as we have the stormy night at an old dark house as setting and the obligatory group of suspects and and the touch of comedy. however and what interesting here is how belden makes the film a real spoof on the genre with the many twists he puts in his story to play with the clichés of murder mystery plays. the dialogs are excellent and full of wit and lighthearted charm and and while the plot certainly loses a lot of steam by the end (it follows the murder mystery routine anyways) and it never fails to be interesting and entertaining thanks to its smart twists and specially its quirky characters. interestingly and there an obvious gay subtext that while stereotypical and it never denigrating and it genuinely funny at times. by 1934 director frank r. strayer was already an experienced craftsman in the poverty row side of the film industry and but his partnership with writer charles belden would give him a couple of his most interesting movies and and the ghost walks was one of them. while obviously done on a shoestring budget and the typical production values of independent films of its time and strayer manages to take advantage of his set and makes an atmospheric movie that fits nicely the mood and tone of the story. the pacing is a little too slow at times and but strayer knew that the power of his film was on belden script and makes the most of it and letting his cast to make the most of their characters with excellent results. certainly the execution is a bit typical and unoriginal and but strayer makes an effective albeit restrained work in this film. as written above and the screenplay is filled with great lines that make the quirky characters shine and and fortunately and most of the cast play with this to their advantage. veteran character actor richard carle is remarkably funny as cranky producer herman wood and adding a lot of charm to his character and specially in his scenes with johnny arthur and who plays the flamboyant secretary homer. arthur is the one who gets the most best scenes and and he gives and hilarious performance as the cowardly yet witty assistant. john miljan is just effective as presocott ames and nothing amazing and but nothing really bad and and the same could be said about june collyer as gloria shaw (the obligatory love interest) and whom is just fine. however and donald kirke is really enjoyable as the malicious terry shaw and and it a shame he do not get more screen time. as usual with frank r. strayer films and the low budget hurts the film badly and as while strayer makes the best he can and the film still feels kind of plain at times. however and the main problem is problem the very slow pace it has and as even when the film is filled with sparkly moments of witty dialogs and it moves at a pace so slow that can become boring and tedious for moments. it also must be said that while effective in their roles and miljan and collyer are pretty dull and average when compared to arthur and carle and and one wishes the movie had been more focused on the comedic pair they make than on the main couple. finally and as written above the ending is kind of weak and not up to the high standard of the first and middle parts and although credit must go to belden for keeping creative plot twists appearing until the very end. one could say that charles belden is an unsung hero of the murder mystery genre and as among the many horror and mystery films that came out the b movie studios nicknamed as the poverty row and the ghost walks is easily among the best (alongisde strayer previous film and the vmapire bat) despite its shortcomings. and even when it definitely not a masterpiece of the genre and it a nice way to spend a night enjoying the way it pokes fun at its own origin as a murder mystery play. a very recommended film if you like the genre. positive . 
one of the genres that flourished during the decade of the 30s was the variation of crime fiction known as the murder mystery and as the addition of sound to films helped to make a more faithful translation to film of what the audiences experienced in the original plays. and since horror films were very popular in those years and by enhancing the horror elements of the plots the murder mystery films experienced a popularity almost equal to what it enjoyed in the previous decade (in which the first movies of the genre were produced). aspiring playwright charles belden saw in this renewed interest in murder mysteries a chance to make a name for himself and after warner bros. picked his three act play and the wax works and to create the 1933 horror film and mystery of the wax museum. belden joined independent filmmaker frank r. strayer to keep making films and and the ghost walks was one of his best. in the ghost walks and john miljan plays prescott ames and a young playwright who wants to impress a famous broadway producer named herman wood (richard carle) with his new play. ames takes wood and his assistant homer (johnny arthur) to his country house for a reading of his play and but his car ends up stuck in the mud during a terrible storm. the three men ask for refugee in an old mansion which happens to be property of one of ames old acquaintances. inside the house and wood and homer witnesses the strange relationship between ames and the house owners and however and this is all a plan conceived to impress wood represent everyone in the house is an actor playing a role in his murder mystery. unfortunately and the murder committed is done for real and and while wood and homer think it all fake (after discovering ames original plan) and the cast knows that someone inside the house is a real murderer. as expected and charles belden screenplay for the ghost walks features the classic elements of the murder mystery stories of its time and as we have the stormy night at an old dark house as setting and the obligatory group of suspects and and the touch of comedy. however and what interesting here is how belden makes the film a real spoof on the genre with the many twists he puts in his story to play with the clichés of murder mystery plays. the dialogs are excellent and full of wit and lighthearted charm and and while the plot certainly loses a lot of steam by the end (it follows the murder mystery routine anyways) and it never fails to be interesting and entertaining thanks to its smart twists and specially its quirky characters. interestingly and there an obvious gay subtext that while stereotypical and it never denigrating and it genuinely funny at times. by 1934 director frank r. strayer was already an experienced craftsman in the poverty row side of the film industry and but his partnership with writer charles belden would give him a couple of his most interesting movies and and the ghost walks was one of them. while obviously done on a shoestring budget and the typical production values of independent films of its time and strayer manages to take advantage of his set and makes an atmospheric movie that fits nicely the mood and tone of the story. the pacing is a little too slow at times and but strayer knew that the power of his film was on belden script and makes the most of it and letting his cast to make the most of their characters with excellent results. certainly the execution is a bit typical and unoriginal and but strayer makes an effective albeit restrained work in this film. as written above and the screenplay is filled with great lines that make the quirky characters shine and and fortunately and most of the cast play with this to their advantage. veteran character actor richard carle is remarkably funny as cranky producer herman wood and adding a lot of charm to his character and specially in his scenes with johnny arthur and who plays the flamboyant secretary homer. arthur is the one who gets the most best scenes and and he gives and hilarious performance as the cowardly yet witty assistant. john miljan is just effective as presocott ames and nothing amazing and but nothing really bad and and the same could be said about june collyer as gloria shaw (the obligatory love interest) and whom is just fine. however and donald kirke is really enjoyable as the malicious terry shaw and and it a shame he do not get more screen time. as usual with frank r. strayer films and the low budget hurts the film badly and as while strayer makes the best he can and the film still feels kind of plain at times. however and the main problem is problem the very slow pace it has and as even when the film is filled with sparkly moments of witty dialogs and it moves at a pace so slow that can become boring and tedious for moments. it also must be said that while effective in their roles and miljan and collyer are pretty dull and average when compared to arthur and carle and and one wishes the movie had been more focused on the comedic pair they make than on the main couple. finally and as written above the ending is kind of weak and not up to the high standard of the first and middle parts and although credit must go to belden for keeping creative plot twists appearing until the very end. one could say that charles belden is an unsung hero of the murder mystery genre and as among the many horror and mystery films that came out the b movie studios nicknamed as the poverty row and the ghost walks is easily among the best (alongisde strayer previous film and the vmapire bat) despite its shortcomings. and even when it definitely not a masterpiece of the genre and it a nice way to spend a night enjoying the way it pokes fun at its own origin as a murder mystery play. a very recommended film if you like the genre. positive . ---------------------------------Answer Question Below----------------------------------

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