The Canterville Ghost

An American family moves into Canterville Chase, rumored to be a haunted house. But the skeptical Americans do not believe in ghosts—not, that is, until their daughter Virginia disappears after a series of uncanny incidents. Full color.

The ever-quotable Oscar Wilde once said, "Anybody can make history. Only a great man can write it." From his outsize celebrity in Victorian London to his authorship of fiction, drama, and poetry that uniquely captured his era, it's fair to say that Wilde succeeded on both counts.