Movie about an evil ghost and a widow?

Answer 1

There were a number of occult dramas in the late thirties ( after phase of Depression) and oddly even into the World War II period. Few dealt with service-related separation angst or ghosts, with some exceptions. a powerful Radio drama called the Shadow of the Wings has the angel of Death stalking a young girl in a hospital and mixes supernatural and realistic angles of presentation- it is not a movie but a radio drama but is a good prototype of that genre- Shadows of the Wings do not belong to one Adam West! ( actor who played Batman) pun intended.

Answer 2

Closest thing might be the Ghost and Mrs. Muir. IN the film and the Tv version the Ghostly character is not evil. He is an old-time sea captain reincarnated- and the TV version , played by Edward Mulhare obvously resembled Melville. It was not directly stated in the TV show that Mrs. Muir was a widow, she could have been a divorcee. Ghost was a good spirited character, literally!