The Raven
Horror. Brain specialist Dr. Vollin is driven insane by his obsession with beautiful patient Jean Thatcher. Bateman, a convict, asks Vollin to perform plastic surgery on his face, and is made Vollin's slave during the operation.
Cast & credits
Cast
- Edmond Bateman Boris Karloff
- Dr Richard Vollin Bela Lugosi
- Dr Jerry Halden Lester Matthews
- Jean Thatcher Irene Ware
- Judge Thatcher Samuel S. Hinds
- Colonel Bertram Grant Spencer Charters
- Mary Burns Inez Courtney
- Geoffrey, aka 'Pinky' Ian Wolfe
- Harriet Maidel Turner
- [servant] Cyril Thornton
- [Chapman] Arthur Hoyt
- [dancer] Nina Golden
- [Poe] Raine Bennett
- [drug clerk] Joe Haworth
- [cop] Bud Osborne
- [crook] Al Ferguson
- [nurse] Madeline Talcott
- [doctor] Jonathan Hale
- [doctor] Walter Miller
- [autograph hunter] Anne Darling
- [autograph hunter] Mary Wallace
- [autograph hunter] June Gittelson
Credits
Direction
- Directed by Lew Landers
- Assistant Director Scott R. Beal
- Assistant Director Vic Noerdlinger
Rights
Production
- Presents Universal Pictures Corporation
- Executive Producer Stanley Bergerman
- Associate Producer David Diamond
- Supervising Secretary Ed Haskett
- Script Clerk Moree Hering
Writing
- Screenplay David Boehm
- Screenplay Jim Tully
- Screenplay John Lynch
- Screenplay Michael L. Simmons
- Screenplay Dore Schary
- Screenplay Guy Endore
- Screenplay Clarence J. Marks
- Dialogue Florence Enright
- Suggested by Edgar Allan Poe's immortal classic Edgar Allan Poe
Photography
- Photograper Charles Stumar
- Process Photography John P. Fulton
Editing
- Supervising Editor Maurice Pivar
- Film Editor Albert Akst
Design
- Art Director Albert S. D'agostino
Make-up
- Make-up Otto Lederer
- Hair Hazel Rogers
Music
- Music Supervision Gilbert Kurland
Choreography
- Dance Arrangement Theodore Kosloff
Sound
- Sound System Western Electric Noiseless Recording
Stunts
- Double for Karloff Monte Montague
- Double for Lugosi George Mcnormand
Consultant
- Dialogue Director Florence Enright