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The Raven

  • 19351935
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  • 1h 1m
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Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi, Lester Matthews, and Irene Ware in The Raven (1935)
Dr. Vollin is a brilliant but unstable surgeon with a morbid obsession for instruments of torture. He saves the life of Jean Thatcher, a beautiful young socialite injured in an automobile accident and becomes increasingly attracted to her.
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Dr. Vollin is a brilliant but unstable surgeon with a morbid obsession for instruments of torture. He saves the life of Jean Thatcher, a beautiful young socialite injured in an automobile ac... Read allDr. Vollin is a brilliant but unstable surgeon with a morbid obsession for instruments of torture. He saves the life of Jean Thatcher, a beautiful young socialite injured in an automobile accident and becomes increasingly attracted to her.Dr. Vollin is a brilliant but unstable surgeon with a morbid obsession for instruments of torture. He saves the life of Jean Thatcher, a beautiful young socialite injured in an automobile accident and becomes increasingly attracted to her.
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    • Lew Landers
  • Writers
    • Edgar Allan Poe(poem)
    • David Boehm(screenplay)
    • Guy Endore(contributing writer)
  • Stars
    • Boris Karloff
    • Bela Lugosi
    • Lester Matthews
    • Lew Landers
  • Writers
    • Edgar Allan Poe(poem)
    • David Boehm(screenplay)
    • Guy Endore(contributing writer)
  • Stars
    • Boris Karloff
    • Bela Lugosi
    • Lester Matthews
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 100User reviews
    • 76Critic reviews
    • 44Metascore
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    "Raven, The" Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi 1935 Universal / **I.V.
    "Raven, The" Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi 1935 Universal / **I.V.
    Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi, and Irene Ware in The Raven (1935)
    The Raven (1935)
    Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi in The Raven (1935)
    Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi in The Raven (1935)
    Bela Lugosi, Samuel S. Hinds, and Irene Ware in The Raven (1935)
    Boris Karloff in The Raven (1935)
    Bela Lugosi and Irene Ware in The Raven (1935)
    Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi in The Raven (1935)
    Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi in The Raven (1935)
    Bela Lugosi and Irene Ware in The Raven (1935)

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    Boris Karloff
    Boris Karloff
    • Edmond Bateman
    • (as Karloff)
    Bela Lugosi
    Bela Lugosi
    • Dr. Richard Vollin
    • (as Lugosi, Bela Lugosi)
    Lester Matthews
    Lester Matthews
    • Dr. Jerry Halden (Credits)…
    Irene Ware
    Irene Ware
    • Jean Thatcher
    Samuel S. Hinds
    Samuel S. Hinds
    • Judge Thatcher
    Spencer Charters
    Spencer Charters
    • Geoffrey (Credits)…
    Inez Courtney
    Inez Courtney
    • Mary Burns
    Ian Wolfe
    Ian Wolfe
    • Col. Bertram Grant (Credits)…
    Maidel Turner
    Maidel Turner
    • Harriet
    Anne Darling
    Anne Darling
    • Autograph Hound
    • (scenes deleted)
    June Gittelson
    June Gittelson
    • Autograph Hound
    • (scenes deleted)
    Joe Haworth
    • Drug Clerk
    • (scenes deleted)
    Mary Wallace
    • Autograph Hound
    • (scenes deleted)
    Raine Bennett
    • Actor reading 'The Raven'
    • (uncredited)
    Al Ferguson
    Al Ferguson
    • The Crook
    • (uncredited)
    Nina Golden
    • Dancer
    • (uncredited)
    Jonathan Hale
    Jonathan Hale
    • Bedside Dr. at Jerry's Right
    • (uncredited)
    Arthur Hoyt
    Arthur Hoyt
    • Chapman - Buyer of Poe Memorabilia
    • (uncredited)
      • Lew Landers
    • Writers
      • Edgar Allan Poe(poem)
      • David Boehm(screenplay)
      • Guy Endore(contributing writer) (uncredited)
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    • Trivia
      According to Greg Mank's book "Karloff and Lugosi, Karloff received $10,000 for his work, Lugosi $5000, Irene Ware $625, Lester Matthews $1153.76, and Samuel S. Hinds $1333.35.
    • Goofs
      The on-screen credits interchanged the character names for Ian Wolfe and Spencer Charters.
    • Quotes

      Dr. Richard Vollin: Your monstrous ugliness breeds monstrous hatred. Good! I can use your hate.

    • Crazy credits
      The names of Spencer Charters and Ian Wolfe were accidentally reversed in the credits.
    • Connections
      Featured in Shock Theater: The Raven (1959)
    • Soundtracks
      Music
      (uncredited)

      from The Black Cat (1934)

      Original Music and Classical Music Arrangements by Heinz Roemheld

      Played as background music

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    Great fun with Lugosi stealing the spotlight as mad surgeon...
    BELA LUGOSI never had a role that made better use of his stylized ham emoting than his mad surgeon here. The camera holds him in close-ups that emphasize the penetrating gaze and knitted eyebrows as he obsesses about an attractive woman he wishes to marry.

    He steals every scene he's in with his heavy emphasis on certain words and his inflection that has menace in every syllable. By comparison, Boris Karloff (top-billed) has a cameo role that he plays with his usual skill, managing to get some sympathy for a basically unsympathetic character--a man who served time as a killer. Between the two of them, they create a minor thriller that is the kind of horror film Universal was famous for in the '30s.

    Lugosi being a man obsessed by Edgar Allen Poe's torture devices in stories like 'The Pit and the Pendulum', approaches every scene with relish, obviously delighted with his role as a surgeon who declares: "I love torture!" The plot, of course, is outrageously preposterous but just try to turn away as he puts into place his plan for the girl, her father and her fiance--as well as his servant Karloff.

    None of it is believable, but it's all great fun in the tradition of Universal thrillers. Perfect for Halloween!!
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    • Oct 29, 2003

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    • Is 'The Raven' based on Edgar Allen Poe's poem of the same name?
    • Is Poe's 'The Raven' available to read online?

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    • Release date
      • July 8, 1935 (United States)
      • United States
      • Official site
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Stage 28, Universal Studios - 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, California, USA
    • Production company
      • Universal Pictures
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    • 1 hour 1 minute
      • Black and White

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