The Raven

1935 film by Lew Landers
Movie film Q1196346
The Raven
Illustrator unknown. "Copyright 1935 – Universal Pictures Corp." · Public Domain · Wikimedia
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Summary

The Raven is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,264 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Director: Lew Landers[3]
  • Screenwriter: John Lynch[4], David Boehm[5]
  • Composer: Gilbert Kurland[6]
  • Genre: horror film[7]
  • Based on: The Raven[8]
  • Cast member: Boris Karloff[9], Bela Lugosi[10], Samuel S. Hinds[11], Ian Wolfe[12], Arthur Hoyt[13], Lester Matthews[14], Spencer Charters[15], Inez Courtney[16], Bud Osborne[17]
  • Producer: David Diamond[18]
  • Production company: Universal Pictures[19]
  • Director of photography: Charles J. Stumar[20]
  • Original language of film or TV show: English[21]
  • Commons category: The Raven (1935 film)[22]
  • Review score: 80%[23], 7.3/10[24]
  • Color: black-and-white[25]
  • Country of origin: United States[26]
  • Publication date: January 1, 1935[27]
  • Distributed by: Universal Pictures[28]
  • Film editor: Albert Akst[29]
  • Title: The Raven[30]
  • Has characteristic: film based on literature[31]
  • FSK film rating: FSK 12[32]
  • Duration: 61 minutes[33]
  • Production designer: Albert S. D'Agostino[34]
  • P14449: 25820[35]

Why It Matters

The Raven has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[36] It is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.[37]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . ofdb.de. Retrieved . ofdb.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . ofdb.de. Retrieved . ofdb.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . ofdb.de. Retrieved . ofdb.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . ofdb.de. Retrieved . ofdb.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . ofdb.de. Retrieved . ofdb.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . ofdb.de. Retrieved . ofdb.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . ofdb.de. Retrieved . ofdb.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [36] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [37] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 7d ago · Kwayst · 2026-10-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14724 → 7687974
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ P14724: 7687974, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/301731566|The Raven (#301731566)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/8232|Garance item (films)]"
  2. 8d ago · Jamie7687 · 2026-10-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Unconsenting media id → 13883
    Wikipedia languages → ['ca', 'commons', 'cy', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'et', 'fa', 'fr', 'hu', 'it', 'ja', 'p
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Unconsenting media id: 13883, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/172261247|The Raven (1935) (#172261247)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/5134|Unconsenting M"
  3. 8w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Filmová databáze film id → 59347
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Filmová databáze film id: 59347, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/269266|batch #269266]]"
  4. 16w ago · Rémi sim · 2026-06-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14551 → the-raven
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ P14551: the-raven, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/295961160|THE RAVEN (#295961160)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/8091|Il cinema ritrovato"
  5. 16w ago · Yirba · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Production designer → Albert S. D'Agostino
    Publication date → +1935-01-01T00:00:00Z
    Screenwriter → John Lynch, David Boehm
    Duration → {'unit': 'Q7727', 'amount': '+61'}
    + 24 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/38225|batch #38225]]: MovieLens IDs (part 1)"
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