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Tom and Jerry 254 - Gold Key Comics Dec 1970 - 32 pages 1 - Tom and Jerry - (All right, you guys, I see you!) - 10 pages - reprinted from Tom & Jerry Comics 102 Dell Jan 1953 2 - Wuff The Prairie Dog - (I have a package for Charlie Coyote) - 4 pages - reprinted from Tom and Jerry Comics 135 Dell Oct 1955 - art by Vivie Risto 3 - Gold Key Comics Club News - 4 pages - Checklist, Jokes On You, ads for The 1970 Golden Christmas Annual and 1971 Golden Storybook Calendar 4 - Bertie Bird - Rooftop Adventure - 1 page text story - reprinted from Tom and Jerry Comics 155 Dell June 1957 - art by Harvey Eisenberg 5 - Tom and Jerry - (I'm going out to get my costume) - 5 pages - reprinted from Tom and Jerry Comics 147 Dell Oct 1956- art by Harvey Eisenberg 6 - Tom and Jerry - The Haunted Castle - 6 pages (New story. Doesn’t say Reprinted by Popular Demand like the others.) 7 - Gold Key Club Comics - 2 pages - Your Future: Dental Hygienist/Pharmacist - Reader’s Page Doodles #tomandjerry #hannabarbera #mgmcartoons #mgm #tomandjerrycomics #mgmcomics #hannabarberacomics #wufftheprairiedog #thehauntedcastle #goldkeycomics #dellcomics #hauntedcastle #comiccover #comics #vintagecomics #bookstagram #booksofinstagram #whitmancomics #bertiebird #westernpublishing #hermanandkatnip #catandmouse #bookcovers #cartooncomics #tuffy #comicreprints #funnyanimals #funnyanimalcomics (at Portland, Oregon) https://www.instagram.com/p/ByuxZY4BD31/?igshid=rcmb6tt0aux

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🎃 31 Days of Halloween – Day 17 Bonus Post🎃

Le Château Hanté (1897)

★★★★ Watched 17 Oct 2025

Even without intertitles, The Haunted Castle (1897)—or Le château hanté in its native tongue—makes far more sense than Georges Méliès’ charming but utterly incomprehensible The House of the Devil (1896). Here, we get one of the earliest examples of clear storytelling in film, a simple, funny ghost story that manages to tell a complete narrative in under a minute.

The setup is straightforward: a man lives in a haunted house where a ghost keeps appearing, frightening or pranking him. Each time he works up the courage to confront it, the ghost vanishes, only for a new one to materialize and trick him again. The final gag lands as a perfect little punchline, turning the whole haunting into a comedy of supernatural mischief.

It’s playful, concise, and surprisingly effective for its time. Where The House of the Devil feels like a fever dream, The Haunted Castle shows that even this early in film history, directors were already learning to use editing and timing to tell a story.

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New Year, new pile of screenings! Excited to get writing on this one. #fwmurnau #thehauntedcastle #thefinancesofthegrandduke #bluray #kino #kinolorber #kinoclassics #kinofilms @kinolorber #film #cinema #cinephile #movie #collection https://www.instagram.com/p/Bs6byveFsx2/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1l5mfawoscxq