Lonesome Ghost

Lonesome Ghosts Premieres

When a quartet of ghosts is bored to death, they decide to have some fun with the Ajax Ghost Exterminators, comprised of Mickey, Donald, and Goofy, in Lonesome Ghosts, which made its de-boo on this day in 1937. “I ain’t a-scared of no ghosts!” Goofy exclaims, but he is soon proved wrong, and when our heroes come to a dead end in their attempts to capture the spirits, they accidentally take a tumble, getting covered with molasses and flour, which is enough to frighten the prank-happy ghosts out of town. Lonesome Ghosts is particularly noteworthy in that the Disney animation staff invented transparent paint to portray the ghostly apparitions with stunning effectiveness.