I first saw this when it was released in the theater. I was in the second grade, and some of the film went way over my head back then. I finally got to see it again, some 60 years later.
The film is entertaining. More astonishing, I remembered whole sections of it! I even recalled what he was about to sing before he belted out, "O Chechonia"! Spoiler: The first meeting with the brotherly ghost I recall from the big screen, particularly the "whirlpool" eddy that was actually the ghost twirling a long keychain. When I first saw it, the ghost standing in a concrete pillar, making his upper body like a bust, noted, "This isn't trick photography," to his brother, though obviously it was. I didn't understand what he was saying then, but it plays well now.
The film is entertaining. More astonishing, I remembered whole sections of it! I even recalled what he was about to sing before he belted out, "O Chechonia"! Spoiler: The first meeting with the brotherly ghost I recall from the big screen, particularly the "whirlpool" eddy that was actually the ghost twirling a long keychain. When I first saw it, the ghost standing in a concrete pillar, making his upper body like a bust, noted, "This isn't trick photography," to his brother, though obviously it was. I didn't understand what he was saying then, but it plays well now.