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- You will do my bidding. - No!

Now you will do as I bid you.

Ready, ready, go!

Hey! What are you doing here?

We were the new caretakers sent from the employment agency, but we're leaving.

It's been nice meeting you.

Wait a minute. What's the matter with you?

Murder. Look at that head in the box.

And that body on the floor.

Don't be silly. Those are just tricks.

I'm Professor Mordini, the magician and spiritualist.

Come here.

Here we have just an ordinary dummy.

We were just rehearsing an act which I'm taking on tour.

You sure had us fooled. How do you do that?

That's what my last assistant would like to know.

He's been snooping around, trying to learn my new tricks.

And that's why you're hired as caretakers.

He'll never get in here while we're on the job.

Good. Now you take your things upstairs. Second room on the left.

They were scared stiff.

I don't blame "em.

You got this place so rigged up with tricks, I'm afraid to move around myself.

We've got to get moving. Call Orson and let's go.

Orson! Hey, Orson!

Orson, you're getting good on those skates.

We'll just leave them on you and let you get good and used to them.

Yes, sir! That-a good boy, Orson.

Come on, George, and get this out.

All I've been telling you. And above all, no matter what happens...

don't leave this house unguarded for a moment while I'm gone.

- Yes, ma'am. - Well, adios.

See ya in six weeks.

I wish we were leaving instead of them.

- This place gives me the creeps. - Don't be silly.

What's that?

It's a pendulum, and it's cute too.

Sure scared the life out of me.

It's only a musical jug.

Sounds like there's more in it than just music. Let's have a drink.

It's good! Just like good old-fashioned bootleg.

You're right. Itis bootleg.

I feel much better now.

Stop acting so spooky, or you'll give me the jimjams.

Now you on upstairs and go to sleep. I'll stay down here and guard the place.

Here, look. Anybody comes near you, you sock 'em over the head.

Go on upstairs like a good little soldier.

Little soldier.

I'll not have you staring at me all night.

Help!

Help!

Buster, I killed a ghost. I killed a gho— You're the ghost.

I will be if you're not more careful.

- Help me get out of this thing. - 1 thought I heard you scream.

And I got so scared, I can't tell you.

What's that?

- Front door. - It's somebody at the front door.

- In case of trouble, be ready. - Okay.

Hello, little man. Is your father home?

I beg your pardon. Are you all right?

Good evening.

Rice.

Newlyweds, I betcha.

I guess you're right. We just got married this evening.

Our car broke down a short distance from here. Could we call a garage?

Stay here overnight. Professor Mordini wouldn't mind. We'll lend you some things.

Professor Mordini? The spiritualist?

I'm a spiritualist too.

Something supernatural brought us to this house tonight.

I can feel the spirits all about us.

Me too. That's what's the matter with me.

Now listen, sweetheart...

just for tonight, will you forget about spiritualism and go to sleep?

Elsie, show them to the guest room, while I go get my shoes.

Okay. This way.

You know, we're new here ourselves. Only been here a couple hours.

It's awfully nice of you to let us stay here.

You really have a very lovely place. So many lovely—

That wasn't there a moment ago.

The spirits.

Great spirits of the sheet...

if you are here, move.

The spirits are moving.

Andsoam I.

Honey! Honey! Come here!

You should see what happened just now.

- Good night. Thanks for everything. - Good night.

I can't understand it. The spirit moved. I saw it.

All right, so it moved. Now will you please go to sleep?

The spirit, it moved.

Great spirit of the bed, if you are here, move again.

Honey! Honey!

The spirit of the bed, it moved!

- Now, baby, will you stop? - But, honey, it did. I know it did.

You just come with me. I saw it with my own eyes.

Here. I'll show you.

Great spirit of the bed, move!

Move!

Now listen, baby, you know how honey loves his babesy-wabesy?

But if sweetie pie doesn't stop this spirit business...

honey's gonna break her neck!

Double-crosser.

I'm gonna stay here with you. That dame with her spirits gives me the willies.

All right, we'll—

- Hey! - The world's coming to an end.

Hey, wait, control yourself. It's just the lights. We probably blew a fuse.

Well, strike a match. I'm afraid of the dark.

I can't. You're standing on my hand.

There. I—

I saw some candles in here.

This one always used to scare the customers. Let's see if it still works.

I got a match here someplace.

Hey, if—

They got me!

They got me too!

I'm scared! Light a match.

Lets light that other candle too.

There's someone sneaking around. I hear footsteps.

It sounded like it was in here.

No, I think it's from over there.

What's the matter?

I just had cold chills and hot flashes.

It must be the flu.

You poor dear. Let's get outta here.

Let's get outta here.

I'm scared, Buster.

Now what's the matter?

Those hot flashes again, only hotter.

This place is haunted. I wish we'd never come here.

Can't we leave or something?

- I got'em too. - Hold still. Hold still.

It was just a candle.

Thank goodness the lights are on.

That's just that dummy. Here, dear, here.

Come over here and sit down and relax.

You're just hysterical.

Stop worrying. There's nothing here that will bother us.

I can't stand it much longer.

I coulda sworn I heard that thing groan.

Don't be silly. It's just a dummy.

Dummies don't walk or talk.

Who's ascared of ghosts? Bring on those ghosts.

I beg your pardon.

Buster! My darling.

Buster! He's dead! Speak to me!

Say a few syllables.

My poor little fella.

Help! Help! Help! Somebody, quick! Quick! Help!

Help! Anybody! Help! Help!

Buster! Buster! Where are you?

My goodness!

- My goodness! What's all the commotion? - What's happening?

- My husband, he's dead. - Dead?

- Where is he? - That's what I wanna know.

See, Richard. I told you there were spirits in this house.

Maybe I can make the spirits bring him back.

Spirits again.

Spirits, sweet spirits...

- bring him back. - Spirits.

Spirits of the north. Spirits of the south.

Spirits everywhere. If you hear me, bring him back.

- Bring him back. - Hey, what happened?

Buster. You all right?

- Honey, he's back. - Yeah, so he's ba—

Come on. We're getting outta here.

- Let's get our things. - Good idea.

I'm fed up with this spiritualism business.

First thing you know you'll have me believing it.

Now look, this don't make sense. Spirits brought me back.

Simply because some screwy dame like that says "move" to something, and—

Did you see what I did?

- You tryit. - Me?

Move!

Now the spirits are in the spirits.

- Felix, look! - We found them.

- These levers control his new tricks. - Let me try one.

Try'em all. Scare these yokels out of the house.

I don't understand it.

First this thing falls down. Then he comes in here like that and goes—

See, honey, I told you there were spirits, and you never believed me.

- Yeah, yeah, you and your spirits. - I told you.

Thank you for your hospitality.

Come on! Get outta here!