James Thurber's The Night the Ghost Got In

Duration: 0:20:00

Genre: Educational

Year Published: 1976

Creator: BFA Educational Media | TBF Productions

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Description: Recreates James Thurber's humorous story about the events and confusion which result from the suspicion that there is a ghost in the house. Observes young Thurber who, while bathing late one night, hears a noise and tells his brother, who tells his mother, who misunderstands. Records how, before it was over, doors were broken, the police arrived, and shots were fired. , An adaptation of an episode from the book My life and hard times by James Thurber about a noise that leads to an amusing chain of events due to the vagaries of human communication.

Complete Record: , Recreates James Thurber's humorous story about the events and confusion which result from the suspicion that there is a ghost in the house. Observes young Thurber who, while bathing late one night, hears a noise and tells his brother, who tells his mother, who misunderstands. Records how, before it was over, doors were broken, the police arrived, and shots were fired., An adaptation of an episode from the book My life and hard times by James Thurber about a noise that leads to an amusing chain of events due to the vagaries of human communication.NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.