Their lovely daughter Virginia, something is wrong with your chuckler. The story is about a family who moves to a castle haunted by the ghost of a dead nobleman, who killed his. It's very well done for a TV movie, with a mostĬapable cast. Well-to-do Americans vis-a-vis the British aristocracy. In this humorous tale, an American family buys the old, haunted Canterville Chase from Lord Canterville who warns them of the ghost, Sir Simon, that haunts the mansion. Wilde's story is a rather 'wild' satire on the foibles of That's our 'Virginia', but you'll have to see the movie to see if it When an American family moves into a haunted mansion in England, the family's teenage daughter could be the key in fulfilling a prophecy and finally set the house's ghost free. He can onlyīe released from his limbo by the prayers and tears of a 'golden girl'

Into the bargain! Her relatives chained him up and let him starve toĭeath in a concealed room in the Canterville Chase castle. He killed his wife because she was 'plain' and a lousy cook The ages of the young and old are correct, and so is the ghost's

Though, the production team has seen fit to emend and amend, but not toĮxcess. One comes closest to Wilde's satirical comedy novelette. (Jby FISHCAKE): I have seen 4 of the 'manifestations' of THE CANTERVILLE GHOST, and this The highest-rated TV movie of 1986, Return to Mayberry might have resulted in a series, but Andy Griffith decided to switch professional gears and star as an attorney in Matlock.Of the 7 'manifestations' of Wilde's satire, this may be best and truest. Conspicuous by her absence was Frances 'Aunt Bee' Bavier, who was too ill to make a comeback. Also in the cast is George Lindsay as Goober, Jim Nabors as Gomer, Aneta Corsaut as Helen, Betty Lynn as Thelma Lou, and Howard Morris as Ernest T. Actually, he's the victim of a cruel hoax, compelling Andy once more to come to Barn's rescue. Barney thinks he's found an excellent publicity ploy when he discovers what seems to be a bigfoot-style monster roaming around the Carolina hills. The Canterville Ghost by Oscar Wilde CHAPTER I When Mr. Andy's onetime deputy Barney Fife (Don Knotts) is running for the sheriff's post, so Andy decides to stick around to help out. The plot finds former sheriff Andy Taylor (Griffith, of course), returning to Mayberry, North Carolina to visit his grown son Opie (Ron Howard, taking a break from his busy directorial career), who is now an expectant father. Eleven of the original cast members of the classic Andy Griffith Show were reunited in this marvelous blast from the past. Inspired by the success of previous TV sitcom 'reunion' films, Return to Mayberry debuted on April 13, 1986.

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