There are several moments in the movie where boris karloff and his makeup tries to carry the scene and bring a new level of horror, repulsion. Richard vollin lugosi is a brilliant but unstable surgeon with a morbid obsession for instruments of torture. It has almost exactly nothing to do with poes poem, though bela lugosi plays dr. The raven is a 1935 american horror film directed by lew landers billed under his real name, louis friedlander and starring boris karloff and bela lugosi.
Upon returning the man to his original form, craven learns that the evil sorcerer may have obtained power. Louis friedlander, boris karloff, bela lugosi, samuel. During her recovery vollin falls in love with her and decides that she will marry him and not her. While both men are doubtlessly immortal deities of horror cinema that most true. It is, therefore, the perfect movie to watch this halloween night. The raven, with boris karloff and bela lugosi, is a horror film in more than one. But the resulting film, the raven 1935, offered an intriguing twist on the two actors previous collaboration.
When i first watched this movie at the age of ten or so during a typical 3. This is the classic 1935 horror film starring boris karloff and bela lugosi. The raven, with boris karloff and bela lugosi, is a. The raven 1935 audio commentary bela lugosi, boris karloff.
Boris karloff appeared with bela lugosi in eight films. Svengoolie presents the raven 1935 with bela lugosi and. A must for fans and decent quality for a film made in 1935. Find films and movies featuring boris karloff on allmovie allmovie.
William henry pratt november 23, 1887 february 2, 1969, was an english actor career. Boris karloff and bela lugosi in a publicity shot for the raven 1935 after successfully pairing karloff and lugosi in the black cat 1934, universal were hungry for more. Here we have yet another boris karloff and edgar allen poe movie from universal. Upon returning the man to his original form, craven learns that the evil sorcerer may have obtained power over the spirit of cravens deceased wife, and so, accompanied by his daughter and bedlos son. Within the pages of this collectors item movie guide. A magician, who has been turned into a raven, turns to a. The raven, however, turns out to be a fellow magician named bedlo lorre that has been transformed into a bird by an evil sorcerer karloff. In the black cat, karloff played the irredeemable villain with lugosi cast as a persecuted rival. Film casting list, boxoffice, free download movie hdposter and buy bluray dvd mm52. Despite being produced after the hays production code became enforced in the us, this second teaming of its stars is still pretty strong stuff. The raven gives us a more than beautiful study on the eternal confrontation. It is supposed to be based on a story by edgar allan poe, which is completely inaccurate, because everyone knows that the raven was a. Find films and movies featuring boris karloff on allmovie.
Through out the movie characters recite lines from various. The raven universal, 1935 window card 14 x 22 prior to paperbacking, the window card had been trimmed to 12 x 16 it had likely been found in a frame. A brilliant surgeon obsessed with edgar allan poe saves the life of a beautiful dancer and goes mad when he cant have her. Born as william henry pratt, he joined a touring company and adopted the stage name boris karloff. Details about 1935 boris karloff in the raven photo 185m 1935 boris karloff in the raven photo 185m item information. Evie karloff talks about boris 1991 interview duration. During these early stages of his career he was mostly left in. Bela lugosi and boris karloffs superlative performances are just the start of any exploration of the raven. Boris karloff, bela lugosi, lester matthews, imdb rating. This film was originally released in 1935 and was the second universal horror film in which bela lugosi and boris karloff starred together.
The expanded story of a haunting collaboration with a complete. Boris karloff, original name william henry pratt, born november 23, 1887, london, englanddied february 2, 1969, midhurst, west sussex, english actor who became internationally famous for his sympathetic and chilling portrayal of the monster. With boris karloff, bela lugosi, lester matthews, irene ware, samuel s. If you are as curious as we were to see how the movie makers would combine the raven and pit and. A brilliant surgeon obsessed with edgar allan poe saves. With boris karloff, marian marsh, robert allen, thurston hall. Along with fellow actors lon chaney, bela lugosi and vincent price, boris karloff is recognized as. The picture revolves around edgar allan poes 1845 homonymous poem, featuring lugosi as a poeobsessed mad surgeon with a torture chamber in his basement and karloff as a fugitive murderer on the run from the police. This is a trailer i produced awhile back for interactive tv network intertainer. This is the classic 1935 horror film starring boris karloff and bela. A pitch black portrayal of revenge, obsession, torture and death, the film proved so controversial upon its release that it led to a brief ban on horror pictures in the uk. The raven 1935 boris karloff as edmond bateman imdb. Please practice handwashing and social distancing, and. Bela lugosi in the raven 1935 boris karloff and bela lugosi in the raven 1935 boris.
It is supposed to be based on a story by edgar allan poe, which is completely inaccurate, because everyone knows that the raven was a poem and not a story. The raven of 1935 is arguably the second to greatest pairing of horror icons bela lugosi and boris karloff the most memorable being the black cat of 1934. The raven is a 1963 american comedy horror film produced and directed by roger corman. Richard vollin, a genius brain surgeon obsessed with poes obsessions. With vincent price, peter lorre, boris karloff, hazel court. Join mike as he ponders weak and weary at the karlofflugosi vehicle the raven. The supporting cast features a young jack nicholson as lorres characters son it was the fifth in the socalled cormanpoe cycle of eight films largely featuring adaptations of edgar allan poe stories produced by. The raven, with boris karloff and bela lugosi, is a horror film in more than one sense. Boris karloff, bela lugosi posted on march 27, 2015 by womo a brilliant surgeon obsessed with poe saves the life of a beautiful dancer and goes mad when he cant have her.
Here we have yet another boris karloff and edgar allen poe movie from. He saves the life of jean thatcher irene ware, a beautiful young socialite injured in an automobile accident and. With boris karloff, bela lugosi, lester matthews, irene ware. The film stars vincent price, peter lorre, and boris karloff as a trio of rival sorcerers. The raven 1935 a spurned surgeon bela lugosi seeks revenge using edgar allan poes devices of torture and a hideous man boris karloff. William henry pratt 23 november 1887 2 february 1969, better known by his stage name boris karloff. Boris karloff elsa lanchester photo from the 1935 movie bride of frankenstein. Boris karloff is bateman, a fugitive who makes the mistake of demanding vollins services to change his appearance and evade the law. The raven is a 1935 american horror film directed by lew landers and starring boris karloff and bela lugosi. Horror icons boris karloff frankenstein and bela lugosi dracula star in the macabre classic the raven, inspired by the works of edgar allan poe. Once again horror legends karloff and lugosi are teamed up in a movie supposedly. A brilliant surgeon obsessed with poe saves the life of a beautiful dancer and goes mad when he cant have her. It was, in part, the reason england temporarily banned horror movies back in those tender, innocent days of 1935.
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