After numerous failed attempts to commit suicide, our hero (Lloyd) runs into a lawyer who is looking for a stooge to stand in as a groom in order to secure an inheritance for his client (Davis). The inheritance is a house, which her scheming uncle "haunts" so that he can scare them off and claim the property.
Stunts
Lloyd performed his own gags, including near-misses with real obstacles.
Practical Effects
Haunted house effects built physically—no CGI, all ingenuity.
Acting
Lloyd's 'Glasses' character: optimism personified with perfect timing.
Director
Hal Roach
Harold Lloyd
The Boy
Mildred Davis
The Girl
Wally Howe
The Uncle
Sammy Brooks
Short Butler (uncredited)
William Gillespie
The Lawyer (uncredited)
Mark Jones
Kitchen Staff Member (uncredited)
Dee Lampton
Fat Butler (uncredited)
Sam Lufkin
Bearded Man in Car (uncredited)
Sunshine Sammy Morrison
Little Boy (uncredited)
Marie Mosquini
The Other Girl (uncredited)
Blue Washington
Butler (uncredited)
Noah Young
(uncredited)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Lloyd lost two fingers in a 1919 prop bomb accident; watch his right hand—he's hiding it with clever blocking.
Haunted house comedies exploded after WWI as audiences processed trauma through safe, silly scares—this is peak escapist architecture.
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