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Friday, April 11, 2008
The Ghost and Mr. Chicken (1966)
The Ghost and Mr. Chicken is a film that has really grown on me over the years. Of course, I am a huge Don Knotts fan - but over time I have become a huge fan of the amazing line-up of character actors in the film. Here's the trailer featuring the great, booming Vic Mizzy soundtrack. Mizzy composed some of the most energetic go-go sounds of the nineteen sixties including all the amazing background music on The Addams Family. As an added bonus, here's a pipe organ enthusiast playing The Ghost and Mr. Chicken theme song in an old theater.
Love the Mizzy music!
ReplyDeleteI especially like his score for "The Busy Body" with Sid Caesar and another huge cast of movie veterans.
I think this is Don Knotts' best movie and it's also one of my most favorite movies. I remember seeing it in the theater when I was kid. I can still recall the tension I felt when Luther climbed up the spiral staircase and actually saw a figure playing the organ. I couldn't believe Luther was brave enough to do it. (I certainly wouldn't have been.)
ReplyDeleteAttaboy, Luther!
The theme is a variation on a 1920s tune called "Mr. Ghost Goes To Town"
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