The Raven (1935)

7.1	Listal rating
7	IMDB rating

Directed by

Lew Landers

Starring (View all)

Boris Karloff

Edmond Bateman

Bela Lugosi

Dr. Richard Vollin

Lester Matthews

Dr. Jerry Halden

Jean Thatcher

Judge Thatcher

Geoffrey

Mary Burns

Col. Bertram Grant

Written by (View all)

Edgar Allan Poe

(poem)

David Boehm

(screenplay)

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"...In There Stepped A Stately Raven..."

5 years ago at Jun 17 18:11

Hexenkult

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Another fantastic Universal classic horror film starring Bela Lugosi and Boris Karloff, and based on the works of Edgar Allan Poe. Actually the title card reads "suggested by Edgar Allan Poe's immortal classic". It would be nearly impossible to make a feature-length film based solely on a poem of 108 lines. So what the filmmakers do is weave elements of Poe's poem into the story. For example, Bela... read more

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Description: A wealthy judge coaxes the brilliant but eccentric neurological surgeon Dr. Vollin (Lugosi), who also has an obsessive penchant for Edgar Allen Poe, out of retirement to save the life of his daughter, a dancer crippled and brain damaged in an auto wreck. Vollin restores her completely, but also envisions her as his "Lenore," ... (more)

Release date : 8 July 1935

Horror (6), Adaptation (4), 1935 (4), Madness (2), Edgar Allan Poe (2), Disfigurement (2), Insanity (2), Cruelty (1), Firing Bullet Into Mirror (1), Telephone (1), Reference To Edgar Allen Poe (1), Based On Poem (1), Mirror (1), Stage Performance (1), America (1), Gunfire (1), Operating Room (1), Trapped (1), Saving Someone's Life (1), American (1)

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"...In There Stepped A Stately Raven..."

“Another fantastic Universal classic horror film starring Bela Lugosi and Boris Karloff, and based on the works of Edgar Allan Poe. Actually the title card reads "suggested by Edgar Allan Poe's immortal classic". It would be nearly impossible to make a feature-length film based solely on a poem of 108 lines. So what the filmmakers do is weave elements of Poe's poem into the story. For example, Bela Lugosi's death-obsessed character, Dr. Richard Vollin, is an admirer and collector of Poe's works. In addition to his Poe collection, Dr. Vollin has an extensive collection of torture devices in his hidden "dungeon", including the device from Poe's "The Pit and the Pendulum" (which does get put to use in the movie). The scene which introduces Lugosi is cinematic gold: The huge shadow of a raven f” read more