The Ghost Train

1903
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Released: 21 January 1903 Released
Producted By: American Mutoscope & Biograph
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Special effects film with a train double exposed on the negative, creating a ghostly image.

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Documentary

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Director

Frederick S. Armitage

Production Companies

American Mutoscope & Biograph

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The Ghost Train Audience Reviews

ThedevilChoose When a movie has you begging for it to end not even half way through it's pure crap. We've all seen this movie and this characters millions of times, nothing new in it. Don't waste your time.
Twilightfa Watch something else. There are very few redeeming qualities to this film.
Stephanie There is, somehow, an interesting story here, as well as some good acting. There are also some good scenes
Roxie The thing I enjoyed most about the film is the fact that it doesn't shy away from being a super-sized-cliche;
Michael_Elliott Ghost Train, The (1903) *** (out of 4)Special effects film with a train double exposed on the negative to give a ghosting image. I'm sure this was something special back in the day but it's pretty weak today.Down the Hudson (1903) *** 1/2 (out of 4)Technically terrific little film where the directors take a trip down the Hudson but use a higher frame rate to make the film seem almost like 3-D. If you get sea sick I'd guess this film will also make you sick because it does that great of a job of making you feel you're on a boat.Captain Nissen Going Through Whirlpool Rapids, Niagara Falls (1901)*** (out of 4)Made up story of a captain going down Niagara Falls just as the title says. An unknown director from Edison Studios made this and this too is a big leap over the normal for its ear. The camera races down the side of the falls getting some great shots.Westinghouse Works, Panoramic View St. Car Motor Room (1904) *** (out of four)G.W. Bitzer film takes place in a motor room where the camera glides through the air from the front to the back showing us everything that goes on. This is a very neat looking film from Bitzer who would go onto become the cinematographer for D.W. Griffith.
Polaris_DiB This short clip was created using two processes, film negative and double-exposure. The double-exposure is a little harder to see, it's the moon and the clouds to the upper left hand corner of the frame. The negative helps to give the train a surreal or ghostly form, and it's rather effective. Of course, to our modern eyes, it probably wouldn't work unless we weren't expecting it, as such techniques have become a rather standard form... not in mainstream narrative production, but still in things like music videos. Still, for the time, it is a neat experiment and ambiance and was probably an interesting curiosity for those who saw it and those involved.--PolarisDiB
James M. Haugh This is a less than 1/2-minute-long film of a locomotive pulling four cars around a turn. Why a ghost train? I hope I am not a spoiler when I tell you that it was done by developing the film as a negative. When projected; everything that is ordinarily white becomes black, while those usually black are white.It was filmed by the Biograph company on January 5, 1901 and is worth a look just to see how technical innovation was beginning to creep into film production.