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The Ghost Breakers: Various versions, Cast & Reception

The Ghost Breakers is a 1940 American mystery/horror comedy film directed by George Marshall and starring Bob Hope and Paulette Goddard. It was adapted by screenwriter Walter DeLeon as the third film version of the 1909 play The Ghost Breaker by Paul Dickey and Charles W. Goddard.

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The Ghost Breakers topic overview

The analysis highlights Various versions, Cast and Reception as prominent areas in the source structure around The Ghost Breakers.

Related topics
78
Source areas
5
Connected nodes
83
Extracted relationships
24
Concept neighborhoods
26
Bridge connections
83

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

Various versions · 23 topics
Overview · 20 topics
Cast · 19 topics
Reception · 12 topics
Plot · 4 topics

Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.

Key facts & relationships

High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.

Based on
The Ghost Breaker (1909 play) by Paul Dickey and Charles W. Goddard
Cinematography
Charles Lang
Country
United States
Directed by
George Marshall
Distributed by
Paramount Pictures
Edited by
Ellsworth Hoagland

Explore all related topics Closing gaps

Browse the complete topic structure, not only the most central items. Less prominent entities and concepts can reveal missing angles, specialized context and useful research gaps. Each item opens a new analysis centered on that subject.

Overview

Plot

Cast

Various versions

Reception

Advanced semantic analysis

Deeper signals for content research, entity SEO and topical coverage. The plain-language headings explain what each technical view is useful for.

How The Ghost Breakers connects Entity context

The extracted context around The Ghost Breakers shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, The Ghost Breakers → Anthony Quinn, Bob Hope, Paul Lukas, Paulette Goddard, Richard Carlson, Willie Best Another extracted example is The Ghost Breakers → HellThe Ghost Breakers, IMDbThe Ghost Breakers, TCM Movie Database, Trailers. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

The Ghost Breakers

Top relations

Starring · 6
The Ghost Breakers → Anthony Quinn, Bob Hope, Paul Lukas, Paulette Goddard, Richard Carlson, Willie Best
related to External links · 4
The Ghost Breakers → HellThe Ghost Breakers, IMDbThe Ghost Breakers, TCM Movie Database, Trailers
Release dates · 2
The Ghost Breakers → June 21, 1940 (1940-06-21) (U.S.), June 7, 1940 (1940-06-07) (Detroit)
Based on · 1
The Ghost Breakers → The Ghost Breaker (1909 play) by Paul Dickey and Charles W. Goddard
Cinematography · 1
The Ghost Breakers → Charles Lang
Country · 1
The Ghost Breakers → United States
Directed by · 1
The Ghost Breakers → George Marshall
Distributed by · 1
The Ghost Breakers → Paramount Pictures
Edited by · 1
The Ghost Breakers → Ellsworth Hoagland
Language · 1
The Ghost Breakers → English

Important terminology

Use these terms to understand the vocabulary surrounding the topic, not as a checklist for keyword stuffing.

Important terminology

ghost film hope larry mary goddard breakers bob paul house charles zombie alex breaker dickey marshall comedy films arrives new

The Ghost Breakers relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 24 structured relationships around The Ghost Breakers. Examples in this analysis include The Ghost Breakers → Based on → The Ghost Breaker (1909 play) by Paul Dickey and Charles W. Goddard and The Ghost Breakers → Cinematography → Charles Lang. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
The Ghost BreakersBased onThe Ghost Breaker (1909 play) by Paul Dickey and Charles W. Goddard1.00infobox
The Ghost BreakersCinematographyCharles Lang1.00infobox
The Ghost BreakersCountryUnited States1.00infobox
The Ghost BreakersDirected byGeorge Marshall1.00infobox
The Ghost BreakersDistributed byParamount Pictures1.00infobox
The Ghost BreakersEdited byEllsworth Hoagland1.00infobox
The Ghost BreakersLanguageEnglish1.00infobox
The Ghost BreakersMusic byErnst Toch1.00infobox
The Ghost BreakersProduced byArthur Hornblow Jr.1.00infobox
The Ghost BreakersRelease datesJune 7, 1940 (1940-06-07) (Detroit)1.00infobox
The Ghost BreakersRelease datesJune 21, 1940 (1940-06-21) (U.S.)1.00infobox
The Ghost BreakersRunning time83 minutes1.00infobox
The Ghost BreakersScreenplay byWalter DeLeon1.00infobox
The Ghost BreakersStarringBob Hope1.00infobox
The Ghost BreakersStarringPaulette Goddard1.00infobox
The Ghost BreakersStarringWillie Best1.00infobox
The Ghost BreakersStarringRichard Carlson1.00infobox
The Ghost BreakersStarringPaul Lukas1.00infobox
The Ghost BreakersStarringAnthony Quinn1.00infobox
The Ghost Breakersis a1940 American mystery/horror comedy film directed by George Marshall and starring Bob Hope and Paulette Goddard0.90text

Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods

The concept neighborhoods around The Ghost Breakers bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Directed, George and Ghost. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

  • The Ghost Breakers
    • Directed
    • George
    • Ghost
    • Breaker
    • Dickey
    • Marshall
    • Paul
    • Comedy
    • Play
    • Also
    • Charles
    • Films
  • the ghost breakers
    • Marshall
    • Directed
    • George
    • Ghost
    • Also
    • Breaker
    • Dickey
    • Paul
    • Comedy
    • Films
    • Play
    • Charles
  • bob hope
    • Hope
    • Paulette
    • Willie
    • Goddard
    • Film
    • Directed
    • Paramount
    • Starring
    • Marshall
    • Paul
    • Zombie
    • Breakers
  • the ghost breaker
    • Dickey
    • Paul
    • Play
    • Charles
    • Deleon
    • Walter
    • Breaker
    • Ghost
    • Marshall
    • Goddard
    • Also
    • Films
  • paul dickey
    • Charles
    • Dickey
    • Paul
    • Play
    • Walter
    • Ghost
    • Paramount
    • Paulette
    • Willie
    • Goddard
    • Cuba
    • Directed
  • charles w. goddard
    • Paul
    • Dickey
    • Deleon
    • Paulette
    • Walter
    • Play
    • Paramount
    • Starring
    • Willie
    • Breaker
    • Charles
    • Goddard
  • hold that ghost
    • Breaker
    • Dickey
    • Marshall
    • Paul
    • Play
    • Also
    • Charles
    • Films
    • Hope
    • Bob
    • Goddard
    • Deleon
  • silent film
    • Hope
    • Bob
    • Ghost
    • Directed
    • Paramount
    • Paulette
    • Starring
    • Time
    • Charles
    • Marshall
    • Paul
    • Goddard

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For The Ghost Breakers, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects The Ghost Breakers with Various versions. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
The Ghost BreakersVarious versions · splits 60 ⟂ 24
The Ghost BreakersOverview · splits 63 ⟂ 21
The Ghost BreakersCast · splits 64 ⟂ 20
The Ghost BreakersReception · splits 71 ⟂ 13
The Ghost BreakersPlot · splits 79 ⟂ 5

Map overview Semantic statistics

The Ghost Breakers

Nodes84
Edges83
Triples24
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.02381
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around The Ghost Breakers to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as Various versions, Cast & Reception, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — The Ghost Breakers · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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