Radio review – SGP – “The Ghost Goes West” (1944) ***

Basil Rathbone of all people takes over from Robert Donat in this enjoyable recreation of the 1936 film. Rathbone plays a Scottish ghost from the 17th century who haunts a castle, and his modern-day ancestor. Eugene Palette is lots of fun as the tycoon who buys it and there’s a nice line in risqué humour with the ghost romancing his descendant’s lady friend. It’s a bit of a coincidence that Palette’s rival is a descendant of Rathbone’s enemy but you go with it.