The raven film bela lugosi

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. The raven 1935, lew landers is the more forgotten and sleeperesque of the two, but may in many ways be the more perverse and wonderful. Return of the vampire is, despite its title not a sequel to mark of the vampire. Hear edgar allan poes the tell tale heart read by the. Anyone who says bela lugosi was a bad actor only reveals he knows very little about acting. You can hear his reading above, a recording that seems to date from 1946. Boris karloff as edmond bateman and bela lugosi as dr richard vallin in a scene from the 1935 film, the raven directed by lew landers for united pictures. He originated the role on broadway in 1927 and reprised it for the 1931 film. The united states film he who gets slapped mgm, 1924 is another questionable lugosi film. He and the play were an instant success, so much so. This duo, together and separately, were responsible for much of the appeal of so many of the eras lowbudget throwaways. With boris karloff, bela lugosi, lester matthews, irene ware. The mystery of the mary celeste the phantom ship the invisible ray. The supporting cast features a young jack nicholson as lorres characters son.

Any movie that stars both bela lugosi and boris karloff. John kobal foundationgetty images the boris karloffbela lugosi rivalry is well known to fans of classic horror movies, particularly the frankenstein and dracula franchises in the. Now, though, i see this is a fairly sick puppy of a film with a strong grand guignol style to it. 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 poem and not a story.

Dracula bela lugosi prepares to feast on mina helen chandler in this publicity still for dracula 1931. Top 10 bela lugosi movies classic horror film board. Vollin lures a group of people to his mansion so he can treat them to his handmade. Born bela ferenc dezso blasko in lugos, banat, austriahungary now lugoj, romania, he was the youngest of four children of a banker. Mirakle, who presents eric the ape man mostly ape at a carnival. The lack of description of physical action should have been a givaway. And karloff, in four varied roles, never gives lugosi a rest. The picture revolves around edgar allan poe s 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. His range as an actor in this realm knew no boundaries and his legend lives on in this 5movie collectors edition, featuring murders in the rue morgue, the black cat, the raven, the invisible ray, and black friday.

See more ideas about horror films, classic horror movies and classic monsters. In lugosis own scrapbook, richard sheffield saw a photograph from that movie showing lugosi as a clown alongside star lon chaney sr. 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. The first in the set, murders in the rue morgue 1932. He also saw a second photograph of a large group of clowns, one of which looked like lugosi. Horror legends karloff and lugosi return after the success of the black cat the previous year in this deliciously warped slice of horror. Film casting list, boxoffice, free download movie hdposter and buy bluray dvd mm52. Boris karloff, bela lugosi, lester matthews, imdb rating. The raven 1935 boris karloff and bela lugosi in the raven 1935 bela lugosi in the. Bela lugosi started his acting career playing minor roles on stage in his home country, hungary.

While the movie is a showcase of horror, especially with lugosis portrayal of a man who took a flying leap off the precipice of sanity, it really didnt have much to do with the raven other than set. His success led to a career in horror movies, in which he often costarred with boris karloff. The raven is a 1935 film about a brilliant surgeon obsessed with edgar allan poe who saves the life of a beautiful dancer and goes mad when he cant have her. A brilliant surgeon obsessed with edgar allan poe saves the life of a beautiful dancer and goes mad when he cant have her. Richard vollin, who is so obsessed with edgar allan poe that he has built real poeinspired torture devices in his dungeon. New audio commentary with authorfilm historian gary d. In this vampire movie, a vampire is staked during world war 1 but then in the second world war, two gravediggers bury him again after an air raid. Bela lugosi is known as the master of evil in the horrorfilm genre.

And credit for its perfection belongs to star bela lugosi, who is magnificent as the brilliant, deranged, courtly and insane dr. The raven is a 1963 american comedy horror film produced and directed by roger corman. Directed by animator raul garcia, the film draws on the voice talents of several classic horror actors and directors, including the late christopher lee, roger corman, andin an archival reading of poes the tell tale heartthe legendary bela lugosi. Its not actually an adaptation of poes classic poem, but i guess calling the film bela lugosi plays a weirdo doctor who is obsessed with edgar allan poe wouldnt have the same ring to it. Legendary stage and screen actor of the 1910s through 1950s. He was actually a great character actor, better than karloff. Bela lugosi still just outside his making women swoon theatrical idol days, well before he became something of a one note joke is the renowned surgeon who is the only man who can keep the. Boris karloff bela lugosi black friday night monster original press glossy photo. David boehms screenplay merges bits of poes the raven with the pit and the pendulum to spin a story about an eccentric millionaire surgeon richard vollin bela lugosi whose obsession with edgar allan poe has turned him into a deranged torturehappy psychopath. Demented, disappointedinlove surgeon bela lugosi operates on escaped murderer boris karloff, disfiguring him. The raven is a 1935 american horror film directed by lew landers and starring boris karloff and bela lugosi. The raven is a perfect example of a classic hollywood horror film where virtually the entire pleasure of the film rests on its central actors, two icons of horror cinema.

Despite being produced after the hays production code became enforced in the us, this second teaming of its stars is still pretty strong stuff. He is most widely identified with his title role in the movie dracula 1931. He then uses the tormented fugitive as an instrument for revenge against his enemies, including the woman irene ware who spurned him. 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.

Belas performance becomes more and more unhinged as the film progresses. Lugosi always tried to become the character he was playing, even in a tiny, meaningless role. You have bela lugosi starring as dr vollin, a completely insane sadistic surgeon. 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. New audio commentary with authorfilm historian steve haberman. This film was originally released in 1935 and was the second universal horror film in which bela lugosi and boris karloff starred together. There is very little in the film to justify this rating, apart from references to torture, some very mild violence and some borderline sadism, particularly from lugosis. Born on october 20, 1882, he is best known for his role as count dracula in the film dracula and other horror films. Bela lugosi, hungarianborn motionpicture actor who was most famous for his sinister portrayal of the elegantly mannered vampire count dracula. The film stars vincent price, peter lorre, and boris karloff as a trio of rival sorcerers.