The Raven (1935 film)

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The Raven (1935 film) is a 1935 American horror movie loosely inspired by Edgar Allan Poe’s poem, best known for pairing Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi in a tale of madness, torture, and revenge.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf film
basedOn The Raven (poem)
linked to: The Raven
blackAndWhite true
certificate banned in some countries for excessive horror content
cinematographyBy Charles J. Stumar
countryOfOrigin United States
director Lew Landers
Louis Friedlander
distributedIn United Kingdom
United States
distributor Universal Pictures
editedBy Russell F. Schoengarth
era Golden Age of Hollywood
featuresActorPairing Bela Lugosi and Boris Karloff
filmingStudio Universal Studios
genre horror
thriller
hasCharacter Dr. Richard Vollin
Edmond Bateman
hasTheme psychological horror
revenge
sadism
torture devices inspired by Poe
inspiredBy Edgar Allan Poe
isFollowUpTo The Black Cat (1934 film)
motionPictureRating pre-Code style horror despite Production Code era
musicBy Franz Waxman
notableFor pairing Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi
themes of madness, torture, and revenge
originalLanguage English
partOf Universal horror films
portrays obsessed surgeon inspired by Edgar Allan Poe
producer Carl Laemmle Jr.
productionCompany Universal Pictures
releaseDate 1935-07-08
releaseYear 1935
runtimeMinutes 61
screenwriter David Boehm
setIn United States
setInPeriod contemporary to 1930s
starring Bela Lugosi
Boris Karloff
Irene Ware
Lester Matthews
Samuel S. Hinds

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Bela Lugosi performedIn The Raven (1935 film)
Samuel S. Hinds notableWork The Raven (1935 film)
Samuel S. Hinds performedIn The Raven (1935 film)
Béla Ferenc Dezső Blaskó performedIn The Raven (1935 film)
Lester Matthews notableWork The Raven (1935 film)