Monday, June 5, 2023

Lucky Ghost (1942)

Mantan Moreland and F.E. Miller tear it up again in this hilarious comedy with an all-black cast.

Two friends (Moreland and Miller) are two friends down on their luck, forced to walk the roads between towns and try and steal chickens (though failing). Then they encounter some fancy dudes in their swish car, and win everything in a game of dice. They head off to an illegal country club run by Blake (Maceo Bruce Sheffield) who has a side line in crooked gambling. However, Moreland's gambling skills can defeat even that. But there is more to this club than meets the eye, there are some supernatural guests to content with plus Blake's jealous eye for his girlfriend.

This really is a great romp with superb interplay between the main cast and ridiculous comedy situations. So much humour is packed into a short film it is quite easy to miss stuff, but fear not as there will be another joke along in five seconds.