By Jove, Hal, that might do the job! Thanks, too, for the photo references.

But, BOY, you'd think a cliche like that would be easier to find! I've been up half the night exploring the genre of the haunted house comedy. I've found secret passages and the titular Staircase in Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase , floating balloons with ghostly faces with Harold Lloyd, reaching 'orrible 'ands ala The Cat and the Canary that also includes a body dropping from a closet, Abbott and Costello do the gag of a falling body but falling from behind a curtain after slamming a closet door in Hold That Ghost, moving crypt coffins ala Scared Stiff, not mention portraits that point to an imporant clue! But one with eyes staring FROM the portrait, narry a one!

DK