The Black Raven (1943)

שוואַרץ ראַווען (1943) איז אַ “ב” פילם (affiliate link) from Producers Releasing Corporation (פּרק). George Zucco plays Amos Bradford aka the Raven, די באַזיצער פון די שווארצע ראַווען ין. Bradford ends up hosting several unexpected guests, who are escaping a raging thunderstorm. The storm washed out all the bridges and stranded the visitors, וואָס אַרייַננעמען אַ פּאָר טריינג צו עלאָפּע, איר רייַך טאַטע, ווער האט טשייסט זיי אַראָפּ, אַן עמבעזזלער, אַ באַנדיט און פאַרשידן אנדערע פּלייַערס.

Bradford seems connected with several of the visitors through his mysterious past. An intruder is also prowling around the grounds. What will happen before the night is through? The film is a tight one hour. Zucco delivers a typical but extremely good performance as The Raven.

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George Zucco in a Fog Island still from the Public Domain

George Zucco played in a number of these films through out the 1940s. His distinctive speech made him a natural in playing urbane bad men, professors and other mystery men. He primarily appeared in mystery or horror films. לויט צו וויקיפעדיע, he appeared in over 96 films between 1931 און 1951, when he retired because of ill health.

Despite tawdry rumors, Zucco did not die in an insane asylum nor did his wife and daughter commit suicide. Zucco died at 74 from pneumonia. His wife died in 1999 אין עלטער 99. His daughter died of cancer at age 30.

איר קענט לאָזן אַ באַמערקונג אָדער פרעגן אַ קשיא וועגן דעם אָדער קיין פּאָסטן אין די באַמערקונג אָפּטיילונג אונטן אָדער אויף מיין פאַסעבאָאָק בלאַט אָדער טוויטטער פּראָפיל.

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