Lucky Ghost (1942) | Mantan Moreland All Black Cast

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  • Опубліковано 8 лют 2025
  • Mantan Moreland and F. E. Miller are down at the heels, that is until a craps shoot wins Mantan a gambling casino. Too bad it's haunted by a family of prudish ghosts. The sequel to "Mr. Washington Goes to Town."
    Shared for historical purposes. I do not own the rights.
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  • @diannebrown2199
    @diannebrown2199 3 роки тому +37

    Hilarious!!!! The fight scene of Mantan and the ghost brought tears of laughter. Look forward to more of Mantan Moreland

  • @lynnbowens8472
    @lynnbowens8472 2 роки тому +14

    Beautiful movie!!! They don't make movies anymore.
    Good, clean, fun!!

  • @jugghead-1975
    @jugghead-1975 3 роки тому +25

    Mr Mantan was the best ... loved him in the zombie film where they crash landed on a zombie filled island! He was the star even in supporting roles imo ! Salute

  • @tsimmons121
    @tsimmons121 3 роки тому +7

    Florence O'brien is brilliant and gorgeous thank you for the upload 😍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

  • @1949LA-ARCH
    @1949LA-ARCH 2 роки тому +26

    I am a white man, I enjoy great comedy, regardless of the race of the actors. Laughter is the best medicine. Thank you for posting. I love Maintain Moreland. He is a first class actor along with another black actor Ben Carter. Willie Best was also a fabulous black actor. They both have given me some great humor during my time on this earth.

    • @jorgegonzalez-larramendi5491
      @jorgegonzalez-larramendi5491 2 роки тому +3

      and Plus very american cultural. baby that band !!

    • @botulismcasserole9832
      @botulismcasserole9832 2 роки тому +1

      I wear woman’s panties

    • @HogRebel
      @HogRebel Рік тому +1

      See Willie Best in “The Ghost Breakers” with Hope if you haven’t, but my guess is you have! 😎👍

  • @audreyfreeman4208
    @audreyfreeman4208 4 роки тому +44

    This is the year I was born I am 77 years old they are all gone God bless this black actors Mantan was around in the Charlie chan Days

    • @jorgegonzalez-larramendi5491
      @jorgegonzalez-larramendi5491 2 роки тому +3

      1953 vintage here: i Finally started watching charlie chan... - betcha "the novels are better... but i wonder if the chauffeur mantan was a character there also .. mr moto Is better on the novels. too bad about pearl harbor..

    • @mrmann5053
      @mrmann5053 2 роки тому +3

      god bless all of y’all in these comments. i thank you all for all the stories y’all carry that are not able to be shared. i do really wish i spent hours talking to everyone of y’all and just hear all your history; i am fascinated by all history.

  • @felinefokus
    @felinefokus 4 роки тому +20

    Lmao I sure needed this comedy film so much talent.
    Thanks 4 posting

  • @b0nnierolek642
    @b0nnierolek642 3 роки тому +15

    Mantan is awesome love watching him

  • @georgemccamey6709
    @georgemccamey6709 3 роки тому +16

    This is one of my fav movies. It's way before its time even by today standards. Pay Attention to the various characters played by these actors of the time. They are very dynamic.

  • @anthonybrakus5280
    @anthonybrakus5280 Рік тому +4

    Love me some Mr. Mantan! Him and Jimmy Chan were the original Scooby-Doo and Shaggy. He was as big a part of my great love for Charlie Chan movies as Sidney Toler. I once asked a black friend of mine if actors like Mantan or Steppin Fetchit were offensive. He said, "those guys were some of the most successful black entertainers in Hollywood. They did it in a time that it wasn't easy for a black man to capture the heart of America. I love to see a black man succeed, so no it's not offensive."

  • @angelajones7571
    @angelajones7571 3 роки тому +5

    I remember Manlan Morelon when I was growing up he's really funny & I enjoy watching your films.

  • @skinithpuppy5025
    @skinithpuppy5025 4 роки тому +43

    Mantan was a very funny actor. He really shines in the Charlie Chan films. Besides being funny, he had a wonderful and warm personality. It's impossible not to like and appreciate him.

  • @lifelove6164
    @lifelove6164 4 роки тому +15

    I love the black black and white movies

  • @ronaldstrange8981
    @ronaldstrange8981 Рік тому +3

    I happily recommend anything featuring Mantan. England, July, 2023.

  • @lifewithcamille517
    @lifewithcamille517 3 роки тому +14

    The writing and acting is superb 👏🏽👌🏽

  • @sage4nowty129
    @sage4nowty129 Рік тому +5

    Ain't nobody gonna get fresh with my gal!! Love the slang of that era!!

  • @1LSWilliam
    @1LSWilliam 9 місяців тому +3

    Easily one of Mantan Moreland's best performances. He is a master of comedy.

  • @nikkihall5776
    @nikkihall5776 3 роки тому +10

    A recently came across your UA-cam channel & it has truly been a blessing. How did I not know these movies existed?!? Yet another piece of our history hidden from us. I must have watched 8 movies in the last week & this is one of my favorites.
    Thank you for sharing✊🏾❤🙏🏾

    • @botulismcasserole9832
      @botulismcasserole9832 2 роки тому +2

      You need to blame your parents on that one. How is it society’s responsibility to teach you about your own culture or the fault of anyone else for you not being shown this film? You learn about what you interested in and to be interested it takes some investigation and that’s again up to you. Instead of blaming anything or anyone for you own lack of self enlightenment why don’t you do the research?

    • @anthonybrakus5280
      @anthonybrakus5280 Рік тому +2

      @@botulismcasserole9832 you are about as much fun as a botulism casserole.

  • @fabandgoodvibes1589
    @fabandgoodvibes1589 3 роки тому +9

    "Pick up them dice.....PICK UP THEM DICE"...😂😂😂😂😂

  • @tigermanmccool4037
    @tigermanmccool4037 4 роки тому +10

    Wow REELBLACK , I would love to see Mr Washington goes to town

  • @ollywurk
    @ollywurk 4 роки тому +17

    excellent bit of vintage entertainment

  • @markd.holloman5187
    @markd.holloman5187 2 роки тому +3

    I love these old movies and Montan is my favorite🌟🌟much love all day RB! Keep it always 100,000❤

  • @Mr.Freeze1982
    @Mr.Freeze1982 4 роки тому +25

    I LOVE THIS MOVIE!!! GLAD YOU GUYS LOADED IT,GOT HIPPED TO IT A FEW YEARS AGO.....THANKS ✊🏾✊🏾✌🏾✌🏾YALL DO NOT PLAY AT ALL!!!💥💥💥💥

    • @sivadn
      @sivadn 4 роки тому +1

      What it all about

    • @Mr.Freeze1982
      @Mr.Freeze1982 4 роки тому +5

      @@sivadn two poor guys ,see these two rich guys on the way to a party ,so the poor guys shoot dice with them ,and win all they money ,clothes& car lol& they head to the party which is gambling house ,so they end up winning everything at the house but the house is haunted by the ORIGINAL owner& she not letting these guys take her house lol..best I can put it...

    • @sivadn
      @sivadn 4 роки тому +4

      @@Mr.Freeze1982 thank you, sound like enjoyable film, also I love this channel, I can see history that I never knew

    • @Mr.Freeze1982
      @Mr.Freeze1982 4 роки тому +2

      @@sivadn ✊🏾no doubt fam💥💥✌🏾

  • @corrado
    @corrado 3 роки тому +12

    Man I wish there was a way for them to restore the picture quality.

  • @larryferguson3387
    @larryferguson3387 3 роки тому +7

    Mantan Moreland is one of my favorite black male actors, I also like KINGFISH and ANDREW H. BROWN in the Amos and Andy show.

  • @Avotts
    @Avotts Рік тому +1

    Great comedy. Ive only seen a very few all black cast movies.

  • @africanamerican1818
    @africanamerican1818 4 роки тому +32

    These are great quick escapes from some of the current stressors we're going through.
    I also find comfort amd solace reading the Psalms or writings of Paul and Chist

  • @jevan40
    @jevan40 2 роки тому +1

    thank you so much, i really enjoyed this movie.....

  • @thegrandcanyonisegypt2489
    @thegrandcanyonisegypt2489 4 роки тому +25

    well done production & all blk casting😆
    looks better than anything MGM did

  • @tomslivick8620
    @tomslivick8620 4 роки тому +20

    Rochester is the best comedian ever.He always makes me laugh. So much talent.

    • @Oddjob22667
      @Oddjob22667 3 роки тому +12

      He was great, but that was Eddie Anderson. This is Mantan Moreland, who is also amazing. He was in many comedy films, especially with Frankie Darrow, & was the chauffeur in all of the Charlie Chan films.

    • @melbea03
      @melbea03 2 роки тому +1

      Birmingham Brown

    • @alphaomega8373
      @alphaomega8373 2 роки тому

      The original Joe Torri

    • @oluhamilton2121
      @oluhamilton2121 2 роки тому +4

      Yeah.......but that's NOT ROCHESTER!

  • @kewsiyehboah6058
    @kewsiyehboah6058 2 роки тому +3

    1942.. Fantastic - Black Folk's Dressed to da 9's.. Having Fun..
    With A Cautionary Tale..
    In Swahili..
    ya ajabu..

  • @fabandgoodvibes1589
    @fabandgoodvibes1589 3 роки тому +10

    Both "The Hostess" and "Jeff" were in "Stormy Weather" The guy that played Gabe's cousin in "Stormy Weather" also played "Lightening" on Amos and Andy If I'm not mistaken. 😉

  • @antoniod
    @antoniod 4 роки тому +13

    The Miller and Mantan film appearances are the closest we can come to seeing Miller and Lyles-Moreland essentially replaced the late Aubrey Lyles.

    • @Themaddprof
      @Themaddprof 3 роки тому

      Miller and Lyles made a few films that still exist, but they are very hard to find.

  • @rilowonder6003
    @rilowonder6003 4 роки тому +9

    I like how they just started the dice game anywhere

  • @jorgegonzalez-larramendi5491
    @jorgegonzalez-larramendi5491 2 роки тому +3

    great soundtrack ! love the film - thanks for the culture and smiles.
    i kinda hoped for the guys to keep some of the money, the young lady and the car... but such are dreams.

  • @richardharrison859
    @richardharrison859 4 роки тому +6

    The onscreen credits incorrectly spell actor and newspaper columnist Harry Levette's name "Lavette." Actor Vernon McCalla's surname is misspelled "McCella." The Motion Picture Herald review notes that this film was the second of seven films planned for production by Jed Buell. Lucky Ghost was originally titled Lady Luck. Material contained in the MPAA/PCA (Motion Picture Association of America/Production Code Administration) Collection at the AMPAS (Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences) Library indicates that the film underwent a title change in late 1941 or early 1942. The reason for the change in title is not noted in the records.

  • @IDiggSocialMedia
    @IDiggSocialMedia Рік тому +4

    It is refreshing to see a bunch of people from my community (Africa Americans) not cussing, especially about every sentence that's spoken!!! Black people today, around 90 percent of us, have to say a f-bomb or the like almost every time they open their mouths! It is so sick!

  • @angelawilliams9088
    @angelawilliams9088 Рік тому +1

    I love Mantan in the " Charlie Chan " movies! ❤

  • @bryanbrooks4005
    @bryanbrooks4005 4 роки тому +40

    Florence o brien still alive at 107 years old!

    • @africanamerican1818
      @africanamerican1818 4 роки тому +4

      Her great grandaughter is an actress (Cashalà L'Shauntyelle)
      Looks simular on IMDB

    • @MrLyndarenaud
      @MrLyndarenaud 4 роки тому +1

      @@africanamerican1818 .....similar in what way?

    • @richardharrison859
      @richardharrison859 4 роки тому +3

      No she isn't. She passed away in 2006 age 93.

    • @MrLyndarenaud
      @MrLyndarenaud 4 роки тому +5

      Bryan Brooks
      Florence O'Brien
      1912-11-20 to
      2006-10-26
      Almost made it to
      94 years old!
      I should be so healthy!!

    • @MrLyndarenaud
      @MrLyndarenaud 4 роки тому +3

      Bryan Brooks....
      Florence O'Brien
      1912-11-20 to
      2006-20-26
      Almost made to
      94 years old!!

  • @juniord3997
    @juniord3997 4 роки тому +18

    --The sayings of Mantan Moreland
    1. Never let a ghost catch you.
    2. Avoid death, ghosts always be there.
    3. Dead people and live people should not mix.
    4. Ghost think they good lookin, never stay to find out.
    5. I am mentioned in the credits but the ghost got the dough.
    6. Cemeteries, funeral parlors, morgues, do not need you while alive.
    7. Never let Mr. Chan send you in a dark room by yourself.
    8. If the Dark get noisey, seek Light at once.
    9. Few people know my whole name nor if the name that they call me is real.
    10. Wait until the shooting stops then wait for witnesses, leave as soon as it is safe.
    11. I am a chauffeur when you see me but that is only in the movies.
    12. I am never really laughing except off camera.
    13. I made a lot of money and made people happy, it was a job I accepted rather than preach or steal.

  • @1LSWilliam
    @1LSWilliam 9 місяців тому

    Some of the wittiest, sustained dialogue ever. A gem.

  • @mercedyzmarieguion292
    @mercedyzmarieguion292 2 місяці тому

    "Continue my man, CONTINUE".
    I gotta remember that ❤

  • @audreyfreeman4208
    @audreyfreeman4208 4 роки тому +6

    Just remember Who are u to JUDGE GOD MADE THIS WORLD & HE DON'T make mistakes

  • @jarrietfair6373
    @jarrietfair6373 Рік тому +1

    Wowww i never knew about this show. But its very funny and i love it.

  • @davidfergusson4241
    @davidfergusson4241 3 роки тому +6

    The formula is like Bob Hope and Bing Crosby movies funnier with no singing.

  • @auntroachkiller6086
    @auntroachkiller6086 4 роки тому +4

    "Here's to us...me too"
    😅

  • @rolandoorellana6977
    @rolandoorellana6977 4 роки тому +15

    Can you post the movie..Once Upon A Time When We Were Colored. Thanks

    • @aprilstanley8708
      @aprilstanley8708 4 роки тому +1

      Excellent movie

    • @vincentnichols402
      @vincentnichols402 2 роки тому

      Just Google on youtube when we were colored it will come up watched, it last year

  • @deewilson8961
    @deewilson8961 2 роки тому +1

    Very good.

  • @revolutionary1901
    @revolutionary1901 4 роки тому +6

    Well..This time you hurt me to the quick stone..lmao🤣😂 manmosity ..where would you be..

  • @africanamerican1818
    @africanamerican1818 4 роки тому +6

    Her great grandaughter is an actress (Cashalà L'Shauntyelle)
    Looks simular on IMDB

  • @KathleenCalhoun-em6ys
    @KathleenCalhoun-em6ys 2 місяці тому

    Really funny. Good special effects. Movie teaches you a lesson.

  • @saundrabrown1873
    @saundrabrown1873 4 роки тому +33

    My mother said that when she was a kid that they had a lot of all black movie's for the blacks to watch during the segregation era!

    • @Themaddprof
      @Themaddprof 4 роки тому +5

      That's true, up until about the 50s. That tradition was revived during the blaxploitation era. My parents grew up in the 40s and remembered the earlier generation of black films, and BET showed them as "Black Classics" in the 80s.

    • @kirbyculp3449
      @kirbyculp3449 3 роки тому +1

      'Cabin in the Sky', a true classic regardless of race.

    • @thisismyname007
      @thisismyname007 Рік тому

      There were one or two movie theaters in the (all) black section of town that played black movies.

  • @alvingantt4499
    @alvingantt4499 4 місяці тому +1

    the light skin woman reminds me of my great grandma

  • @keithjones8424
    @keithjones8424 Рік тому +1

    Mantan made the movies he acted in better. But they knew that. Thats why he is in alot of them.

  • @greg55666
    @greg55666 4 роки тому +3

    It's unlikely this movie is still under copyright.

  • @daniellecrevier970
    @daniellecrevier970 2 місяці тому

    Great and funny movie. I highly recommend giving it a try. 👍👍👍

  • @auroracornejo4859
    @auroracornejo4859 2 роки тому +2

    Fell in love e with him with Ethel waters cabin in the sky

  • @georgiaking4847
    @georgiaking4847 2 місяці тому

    I love those movies 😁as a child “❤️👍🙏

  • @saheedjb
    @saheedjb Місяць тому

    This film had me laughing from start to finish 🤣🤣🤣

  • @waynefulton7932
    @waynefulton7932 2 роки тому +2

    Man Manton Moreland is one of the best i was born in the 1979 and never heard of him until 2013 thats very long rip the best there is

  • @daveqr
    @daveqr 2 роки тому +2

    "goslow" I laughed so hard

  • @nonstophome
    @nonstophome 4 роки тому +8

    Hi, I'm a writer wondering if I can send you a direct email about a specific archive? Thanks for your work and let me know if that's possible.

  • @samuelgoodson9988
    @samuelgoodson9988 2 роки тому +2

    That's burmanham. From the Charlie Chan movies.

  • @LadyL31786
    @LadyL31786 4 місяці тому +1

    In order to understand “Lucky Ghost”, you got to watch “Mr. Washington Goes to Town” first. Lucky Ghost is the continuation.

  • @fabandgoodvibes1589
    @fabandgoodvibes1589 3 роки тому +8

    My FAVORITE PART
    53:42-54:41 😂😂😂😂😂

  • @hermanbrown7858
    @hermanbrown7858 4 роки тому +8

    Great movie

  • @Skycop51
    @Skycop51 3 роки тому +7

    Not much funnier than this.. Love it had to buy it.

  • @artinstructor4020
    @artinstructor4020 4 роки тому +4

    The hostess reminds me of an old timey cartoon character the way she moves her head around...finna give me second hand whiplash she slanging her damn neck around so hard...

  • @kennyblackbird5674
    @kennyblackbird5674 4 місяці тому +1

    Some fine sisters in this film!!

  • @charlesclark3983
    @charlesclark3983 2 місяці тому

    kid long time ago, this was so much fun. save it.

  • @Couchflyer-NY
    @Couchflyer-NY 7 місяців тому

    It is said that in the 1950s, Moreland's characterizations were considered demeaning to the African-American community. But, much of his work in movies and vaudeville was aimed at African-American audiences. Although the main character is played by a white man made up to look like an Asian-American detective, Moreland’s performances in the Charlie Chan movies are undeniably funny. Mantan Moreland should be remembered as a great African American comedian with a long and fascinating career.

  • @semomabroo3902
    @semomabroo3902 9 місяців тому

    Nice

  • @nedludd7622
    @nedludd7622 Рік тому

    I was half expecting that this had been produced by Spencer Williams. Apparently they never worked together.

  • @oohweeoohwee9222
    @oohweeoohwee9222 4 роки тому +5

    Mr Washington Delaware Jones lol

  • @zobiereichard9186
    @zobiereichard9186 Рік тому

    He was the best

  • @oohweeoohwee9222
    @oohweeoohwee9222 4 роки тому +16

    They're like a black Albert and Castillo.

    • @tonyarichelle8380
      @tonyarichelle8380 4 роки тому +5

      oohwee oohwee
      No they're not
      They're themselves

    • @oohweeoohwee9222
      @oohweeoohwee9222 4 роки тому +10

      Tonya Richellé whatever lady. You just don't get it.

    • @Quaronna
      @Quaronna 4 роки тому +4

      *Abbott and Costello

    • @Themaddprof
      @Themaddprof 4 роки тому +6

      @@Quaronna in a way, but both were comedians before A&C teamed up.

    • @audreyfreeman4208
      @audreyfreeman4208 4 роки тому +2

      Rhey got that rhythm

  • @CarlosSanchez-bg4wf
    @CarlosSanchez-bg4wf 6 місяців тому

    One of my favorites oldies on disc is better 😂

  • @terrigurganus1446
    @terrigurganus1446 4 роки тому +13

    They won the car the money LAMO everything.

  • @oohweeoohwee9222
    @oohweeoohwee9222 4 роки тому +1

    I wonder where this movie was filmed?

  • @musket-hc1fc
    @musket-hc1fc 4 роки тому +4

    56:10-55 Funny!

  • @ge-21express34
    @ge-21express34 3 роки тому +5

    Classic bros before ho's @55:38

  • @oohweeoohwee9222
    @oohweeoohwee9222 4 роки тому +3

    You ol skin flint

  • @whatevs4531
    @whatevs4531 5 місяців тому

    If you didn't tell me it was all black cast I might have watched it.

  • @oohweeoohwee9222
    @oohweeoohwee9222 4 роки тому +5

    Pic-up-dem-dice !!

  • @oohweeoohwee9222
    @oohweeoohwee9222 4 роки тому +3

    45:35-45:45 LoL!!!

  • @i_am_a_freespirit
    @i_am_a_freespirit 8 місяців тому

    😂🤣😂🥰

  • @artinstructor4020
    @artinstructor4020 4 роки тому +3

    Is the dude in the grave yard doing vlack face? I'm confused. During this time, segregation was rampant, so there were black theatres and white theatres, right? So why was there black actors and actresses working alongside supporting blackface? Wouldn't the law keep black ppl from even acting together in the same movie? I was wondering the same thing in the movie 'I passed for White'. The main girl was white but she played close and even touched a black woman. Was it different for celebrities in the entertainment industry?

    • @Themaddprof
      @Themaddprof 4 роки тому +2

      No, everyone in this film is black.

    • @denisenichols6505
      @denisenichols6505 6 місяців тому

      That's a trip,I just finished watching the movie " I passed for White "

  • @georgiaking4847
    @georgiaking4847 2 місяці тому

    8:49

  • @nancynada7890
    @nancynada7890 7 місяців тому

    The hostess reminds me of vp Kamala Harris.
    I thought this was an all black cast, but the hat check girl seems to be a blonde.

  • @tirandaz7612
    @tirandaz7612 Рік тому +2

    This dialogue is worse than Kngfish N Andy.