The Raven
Also known as: A Cartoon Travesty of The Raven
- Studio
- Fleischer Studios
- Distributor
- Paramount Studios
Synopsis
Edgar Allan Poe's 1845 poem "The Raven." On a stormy night, the raven appears at the door of a wolf's house as a vacuum cleaner salesman! The wolf convinces him to go to the castle of a Scotsman (a thrifty Scottish terrier) to try to sell him a vacuum (while the wolf robs the castle). A raven sells vacuum cleaners with the help of a wolf. In the end, the vacuum cleaner "comes to life," and it starts cleaning and sucking up the wrong things.
Characters
Raven, Scottish Terrier, Wolf
Credits
Directing
- Director
- Dave Fleischer
Producing
- Producer
- Max Fleischer
- Presented By
- Adolph Zukor
Writing
- Writer
- Carl Meyer, Pinto Colvig
Voices
- Voice
- Jack Mercer (Raven, Scottish Terrier, Wolf)
Production notes
Two-reeler.
The story is told in rhymes in imitation of Poe.
The musical score includes the Hungarian Rhapsody.
The story is told in rhymes in imitation of Poe.
The musical score includes the Hungarian Rhapsody.
Pictures
Reviews
The Raven
This is not quite the telling of the Poe classic you would expect. Rather it is the story of a thrifty scottish terriory who is visited on a stromy evening by a The Raven who is a vacuum salesman. The level of animation for this period is surprisingly crude, and the general story line is difficult to sustain for a two reeler as it is. It's too bad they didn't do the Poe story after all. It might have been a far superior film, more in keeping with what the best of what Fleischer animation was all about.