Both of these films are classics and well worth seeing to fans of either karloff or lugosi, or fans of vintage horror in general. 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. Louis friedlander, boris karloff, bela lugosi, samuel s. Interest will be charged to your account from the purchase date if the balance is not paid in full within 6 months. The second time that they appeared together in a movie was in the raven, which followed in 1935. What other movies pair bela lugosi and boris karloff. Dracula is so full of quotable lines, especially from bela lugosi, practically the entire movie is a collection of famous quotes. Vollin lures a group of people to his mansion so he can treat them to his handmade assortment of edgar allan poeinspired. The raven, with boris karloff and bela lugosi, is a. New york times subscribers enjoy full access to timesmachineview over. 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. Details about the raven boris karloff bela lugosi universal horror original 1935 pressbook.
Join mike as he ponders weak and weary at the karloff lugosi vehicle the raven. The raven is a 1935 american horror film directed by lew landers and starring boris karloff and bela lugosi. Thankfully belas performance is so strong and has such impact that no mere credits will affect viewers perception of who the true star of this movie really is. Read the the raven movie synopsis, view the movie trailer, get cast and crew information, see movie photos, and more on movies. The invisible ray is one hour and nineteen minutes long and was released in theaters on january 20, 1936. It is, therefore, the perfect movie to watch this halloween night. Here is bela six years before dracula, in his first substantial film role, playing an amoral opera patron who schemes to seduce a sexy singer lee of the unholy three who is romantically involved with his rival his own stepson. The gloomy surgeon bela lugosi has a dungeon full of torture gadgets inspired by edgar allen poe stories, then he is begged by a judge samuel hinds to save his daughters life.
At the peak of his career in the early 30s, actor bela lugosi was the screens most notorious. The corpse vanishes 1942 bela lugosi deep horror movies. There are more movies based on poes works than any other american author. Lugosi plays an unhinged but brilliant surgeon, richard vollin, who has an obsession for all things poeespecially the titular raven, and the parts involving torture. The raven 1935 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Bela lugosi, clayton moore, jack haley, jean parker, luana walters, george zucco, joan barclay, madge bellamy. The black cat features lugosi in an extremely rare good guy role and karloff plays the. The black cat 1934 bela lugosi boris karloff horror movie poster print. Now considered a classic, the black cat 1934 was the first movie to feature universals two prized assets, boris karloff and bela lugosi, and the studios excitement was palpable. I see this is a fairly sick puppy of a film with a strong grand guignol style to it. The raven is so chock full of lugosis sinister dialogue delivery and evil. Undated still, not from the original release, but it a highquality vintage restrike still made from the original negative which is part of a large lot of lugosi stills i purchased some years back, many of which had originally been the property of mike copner, publisher of videosonic arts, aka cult movies and video. This is a trailer i produced awhile back for interactive tv network intertainer.
Universal monster legends bela lugosi dracula and boris karloff frankensteins monster are drawn together by a murderous plot for revenge. He saves the life of jean thatcher irene ware, a beautiful young socialite injured in an automobile accident and becomes. Bela lugosis most famous character, dracula, may have ultimately been the reason why his horror career lagged behind karloffs. Horror icons boris karloff frankenstein and bela lugosi dracula star in the macabre classic the raven, inspired by the works of edgar allan poe. It has almost exactly nothing to do with poes poem, though bela lugosi plays dr. Dracula 1931 by michael arruda welcome to another edition of memorable movie quotes. Bela lugosi, luana walters, tristram coffin director. During wwi, he volunteered and was commissioned as an infantry lieutenant, and was wounded three times. With boris karloff, bela lugosi, lester matthews, irene ware.
Today we look at some memorable lines from the classic horror movie, dracula 1931. Bela lugosi celebrity profile check out the latest bela lugosi photo gallery, biography, pics, pictures, interviews, news, forums and blogs at rotten tomatoes. The raven 1935 audio commentary bela lugosi, boris karloff. The gloomy surgeon bela lugosi has a dungeon full of torture gadgets inspired by edgar allen poe stories, then he is begged by a. Dracula is a 1931 vampirehorror film directed by tod browning and starring bela lugosi as the title character. Horror icons boris karloff frankenstein and bela lugosi dracula star in the macabre classic the raven, inspired by the works of. This is the classic 1935 horror film starring boris karloff and bela lugosi. A tribute to bela lugosi and boris karloff by hobbitskafromosadne. Richard vollin lugosi is a brilliant but unstable surgeon with a morbid obsession for instruments of torture. I neither own nor claim any rights to this material.
Invisible ghost charles kessler bela lugosi is plagued by homicidal urges. Lugosi was typecast as the foreignborn vampire and had a difficult time proving to hollywood directors that he could break out of this mold. Bela lugosi stars as richard vollin, a mad doctor who takes his horror very seriously. Classic horror film experts greg mank and gary rhodes discuss the. The raven boris karloff bela lugosi universal horror. In the black cat, the titans of terror, karloff and. The eccentric neurological surgeon does and then falls in love for the beautiful girl irene ware but shes already engaged.
Rent dracula 1931 starring bela lugosi and helen chandler on dvd and bluray. Bela lugosi is known as the master of evil in the horrorfilm genre. In this bizarre thriller, bela plays poeobsessed dr. Richard vollin, a genius brain surgeon obsessed with poes obsessions. However not 100% sure if the movie actually follows the raven poem but the title shot says. The bela lugosi collection is part two of universal dvds double whammy of horror collection sets. Vintage 8x10 still of bela lugosi in the 1935 film.
Raven 1935 boris karloff and bela lugosi in the raven 1935 bela lugosi in the raven 1935. White zombie is a 1932 american precode horror film independently produced by edward halperin and directed by victor halperin. Janos rukh who has invented a telescope that can see far into outer space to the andromeda galaxy as well into earths past where he says meteorite has crashed on the african continent. It was selected for preservation in the united states national film registry by the library of congress as being culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant. All in all, while it may lack a marquee monster at its center, the raven is completely unmissable for any fan of classic horror. See who they starred with and what they are working on now. You have bela lugosi starring as dr vollin, a completely insane sadistic surgeon. The raven, with boris karloff and bela lugosi, is a horror film in.
But while this lunatic surgical genius chanted the raven, horrible screams rose up from his torture chamber below. The raven pairs up boris karloff and bela lugosi in. The raven 1935 cast and crew a spurned surgeon bela lugosi seeks revenge using edgar allan poes devices of torture and a hideous man boris karloff. Bela s performance becomes more and more unhinged as the film progresses.
This photo will be shipped in a clear plastic sleeve and have cardboard inserted in the shipping envelope to prevent bending. He pulls out all the stops in this one, and the result is glorious. 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. The film focuses on the peak of the legendary worst director of all time ed woods career, especially his close friendship with aging horror star bela lugosi.
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