Spooking About Africa

1957 Casper the Friendly Ghost short film directed by Seymour Kneitel
Movie animated_short_film Q114927917
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Spooking About Africa

Summary

Spooking About Africa is an animated short film[1]. It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[2]

Key Facts

  • Spooking About Africa's instance of is recorded as animated short film[3].
  • Spooking About Africa was directed by Seymour Kneitel[4].
  • Jack Mercer wrote the screenplay for Spooking About Africa[5].
  • Spooking About Africa's composer is recorded as Winston Sharples[6].
  • Spooking About Africa's genre is comedy film[7].
  • Spooking About Africa's genre is animated cartoon[8].
  • Spooking About Africa's part of the series is recorded as Casper the Friendly Ghost[9].
  • Spooking About Africa's production company is recorded as Famous Studios[10].
  • The original language of Spooking About Africa was English[11].
  • Spooking About Africa's Commons category is recorded as Spooking About Africa[12].
  • Spooking About Africa's color is recorded as Technicolor[13].
  • Spooking About Africa's country of origin is recorded as United States[14].
  • Spooking About Africa was published on January 4, 1957[15].
  • Spooking About Africa's distributed by is recorded as Paramount Pictures[16].
  • Spooking About Africa's title is recorded as Spooking About Africa[17].
  • Spooking About Africa's duration is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q11574', 'amount': '+350'}[18].
  • Spooking About Africa's fabrication method is recorded as traditional animation[19].
  • Spooking About Africa's public domain date is recorded as January 1, 1985[20].
  • Spooking About Africa's copyright status is recorded as public domain[21].
  • Spooking About Africa's animator is recorded as Myron Waldman[22].
  • Spooking About Africa's animator is recorded as Nicholas Tafuri[23].

Body

Authorship and Creation

Spooking About Africa was directed by Seymour Kneitel[4]. Jack Mercer wrote the screenplay for it[5].

Publication

Spooking About Africa was released on January 4, 1957[15]. The original language of it was English[11]. Genres include comedy film[7] and animated cartoon[8]. Its part of the series is recorded as Casper the Friendly Ghost[9].

Subject and Themes

Spooking About Africa's part of the series is recorded as Casper the Friendly Ghost[9].

Why It Matters

Spooking About Africa is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[2]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 9w ago · Yirba · 2026-07-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Kinopoisk film id → 256003
    Tmdb movie id → 188389
    Copyright registration → LP7341
    Original language of film or tv show → English
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