Legend of a Ghost

1908 FantasyHorror 9 minutes Directed by Segundo de Chomón

About Legend of a Ghost

A young woman walking through a cemetery at night hears a voice from a grave. A ghost stops her from leaving and sends her to Satan's kingdom for a bottle of the Water of Life. She calls soldiers and friends, and the party goes down into the earth. Julienne Mathieu is the credited player. The account is the one printed in Moving Picture World.

Cast & crew

More about Legend of a Ghost

Segundo de Chomón directed. The French title is La Légende du fantôme. Wikidata times it at 9 minutes. The catalog plot is taken from Moving Picture World.

Themes

Preservation

A copy is on Wikimedia Commons.

Notes

  • Julienne Mathieu is the only named performer on the catalog cast.
  • The quest is for the Water of Life, not a treasure.
  • A copy is on Wikimedia Commons.

Scenes

  • The ghost holds the woman in the cemetery and names the bottle she must fetch.
  • She leads soldiers down into the earth.

Also available

  • Wikimedia Commons (La légende du fantôme)