The Guyra Ghost Mystery (lost Australian film; 1921): Difference between revisions

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Excerpt from a newspaper article about the Guyra Ghost.

Status: Lost

The Guyra Ghost Mystery is a 1921 Australian movie by John Cosgrove which is considered to be lost.^[1] It is based on the real life accounts of a family living in Guyra, South Wales. ^[2] The real family involved in the attacks supposedly showed up in the film.

The film follows a family that suffers from unexplained attacks on their house, including loud banging and showers of rocks being thrown at the house. Police had to surround the house and even kept close look out for the family, but the attacks continued. One of the children (Minnie) admitted to throwing rocks at the house and making some noise to scare her sibling but events proved she couldn't have been a suspect. When Minnie came back from a visit at her Grandma's who stayed at the Glenn Inn the events seemed to seize.

Little information about the film has survived, and no known footage exists.

References

↑ Wikipedia article. Retrieved 19 Mar '16.
↑ Newspaper article about the family involved. Retrieved 19 Mar '16.

[1] Wikipedia article. Retrieved 19 Mar '16.

[2] Newspaper article about the family involved. Retrieved 19 Mar '16.

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-'''''The Guyra Ghost Mystery''''' is a 1921 Australian movie by John Cosgrove which is considered to be lost. It is based on the real life accounts of a family living in Guyra, South Wales. According to the story a family is Guya suffered from unexplained attacks on their house. Attacks including loud banging and showers of rocks being thrown at the house; sometimes breaking windows. Police had to surround the house and even kept close look out for the family. To no avail the attacks continued. One of the children (Minnie) admitted to throwing rocks at the house and making some noise to scare her sibling but events proved she couldn't have been a suspect.
+{{InfoboxLost
+|title=<center>The Guyra Ghost Mystery (1921)</center>
+|image=Guyraghostarticle.png
+|imagecaption=Excerpt from a newspaper article about the Guyra Ghost.
+|status=<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''</span>
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-When Minnie came back from a vist at her Grandma who stayed at the Glenn Inn the events seemed to seize. Nevertheless the events were a huge sensation at the time and even led to some movie projects. In the end however only one was produced, that being this one. According to the Wikipedia the movie performed horribly at the box office and is the only director credit of John Cosgrove even though he had directed other movies in the past. The movie starred John Cosgrove as Sherlock Doyle investigating the phenomenon at the original location the events started. It's also said the real family showed up in it as well, at least according to the Wikipedia.
+'''''The Guyra Ghost Mystery''''' is a 1921 Australian movie by John Cosgrove which is considered to be lost.<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Guyra_Ghost_Mystery Wikipedia article.] Retrieved 19 Mar '16. </ref> It is based on the real life accounts of a family living in Guyra, South Wales. <ref>[http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/15947174 Newspaper article about the family involved.] Retrieved 19 Mar '16. </ref> The real family involved in the attacks supposedly showed up in the film.
+The film follows a family that suffers from unexplained attacks on their house, including loud banging and showers of rocks being thrown at the house. Police had to surround the house and even kept close look out for the family, but the attacks continued. One of the children (Minnie) admitted to throwing rocks at the house and making some noise to scare her sibling but events proved she couldn't have been a suspect. When Minnie came back from a visit at her Grandma's who stayed at the Glenn Inn the events seemed to seize.
+Little information about the film has survived, and no known footage exists.
+==References==
+<references/>
 [[Category:Lost films|Guyra Ghost Mystery (Lost 1921 Australian Film)]]