The Ghost Breaker is a 1914 American silent drama film directed by Cecil B. DeMille and Oscar C. Apfel and based on the 1909 Broadway play of the same name by Paul Dickey and Charles W. Goddard.

The original film was also remade as The Ghost Breakers (1940) with Bob Hope and Paulette Goddard, and as Scared Stiff (1953) with Martin and Lewis.

[4][5] Somewhere in Spain, Princess Maria Theresa is examining her jewels one day when she accidentally drops a casket causing a secret compartment to open.

Her maid, Carmencita stole the locket and sold it to an American art dealer named Gains.

This tension eventually leads to Markam killing Warren Javis's father, Judge Jarvis.

Before she left for New York, Princess Maria Theresa’s brother and father investigate the castle because that is where they believe the treasure is hidden.

The castle is full of fake supernatural spectators conjured by the Duke to scare the royals away from the treasure.

[4] The film was released in Wellington, New Zealand, on December 19, 1915, where it followed a week-long run of Fanchon the Cricket.

[7] After the release of The Ghost Breaker, the film was met with mostly positive reviews, with audiences finding movie witty and thrilling.