I Walked with a Zombie

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• Val Lewton did not like the article "I Walked With A Zombie" by Inez Wallace that had been optioned so he adapted the story to fit the novel "Jane Eyre" because he felt the article's plot was too clichéd.
• The two figures seen walking along the beach during the opening credits are Frances Dee and Darby Jones.
• Edith Barrett, who played the mother, was only 3 years older than James Ellison, who played her younger son, Wesley. She actually was 2 years younger than Tom Conway, who played her older son, Paul.
• Sir Lancelot wrote the song 'Shame and Scandal in the Family' for this movie. In the early 60s, Lord Melody used the melody and the chorus and an old humorous story to create a new song, initially called 'Wau Wau', though it became more familiarly known under its original title. The song was recorded by a variety of international artists (e.g. the Kingston Trio, Odetta, Peter Tosh and the Wailers), even becoming a number 1 hit in Australia. In the course of its life, the original writers have been ignored at times with the authorship being attributed to a duo of Donaldson and Brown, instead of Sir Lancelot and Ardel Wray (the writer of I Walked with a Zombie).