THE GALLOPING GHOST (1931)--colorized

The Galloping Ghost is a 1931 American pre-Code Mascot serial film co-directed by B. Reeves Eason and Benjamin H. Kline. The title is the nickname of the star, real life American football player Red Grange. Serial historian Raymond William Stedman lists Lon Chaney Jr. as appearing in Ghost in a small uncredited part as a henchman, but this has never been verified.Show more

Plot
Red Grange is thrown off the Clay College football team in disgrace when his friend, Buddy Courtland, takes a bribe to throw the big game and Red attacks him in anger. Red then proceeds to investigate and hunt down the head of the gambling ring responsible, a criminal enterprise operated out of the Mogul Taxi company offices. Red eventually clears his name, and both he and Buddy are reinstated on the team.

Cast
Harold 'Red' Grange as Red Grange, Clay College football star
Ralph Bushman as Buddy Courtland
Dorothy Gulliver as Barbara Courtland (Red's girlfriend)
Tom Dugan as Jerry, Red's sidekick
Gwen Lee as Irene Courtland, Buddy's wife
Theodore Lorch as Dr. Julian Blake, brain surgeon
Walter Miller as George Elton
Edward Hearn as Coach Harlow
Edward Peil, Sr. as Coach of Baxter Team
Stepin Fetchit as Snowball
Wilfred Lucas as a Sportscaster
Frank Brownlee as Tom, garage manager
Ernie Adams as Brady, henchman
Dick Dickinson as Mogul Taxi Clerk, henchman
Tom London as Mullins, henchman
Yakima Canutt as a henchman (uncredited)
Lon Chaney Jr. as a henchman (uncredited) - unverified
Fred Toones as a Football Fan (uncredited)
Production
Grange received this starring role thanks to his business manager, and theater owner, Frank Zambrino. The serial took three weeks to film and Grange earned $4,500 overall.

Director B. Reeves Eason was reportedly fired during filming and replaced by the uncredited Benjamin H. Kline.[citation needed]

Stunts
This serial was filmed at a time before "stuntmen did mostly everything" which meant that Grange had to do a lot of his own stunts.[3]

Chapter titles
The Idol of Clay
Port of Peril
The Master Mind
The House of Secrets
The Man Without a Face
The Torn $500 Bill
When the Lights Went Out
The Third Degree
Sign in the Sky
The Vulture's Lair
The Radio Patrol
The Ghost comes Back