{"id":35522,"date":"2024-03-30T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-03-30T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=35522"},"modified":"2024-03-30T10:35:20","modified_gmt":"2024-03-30T14:35:20","slug":"the-black-raven-1943-z-view","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=35522","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;The Black Raven&#8221; (1943) \/ Z-View"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/stallonezone.com\/zone\/2024\/z033024zview_blackraven.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"781\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>The Black Raven <\/strong><\/em>(1943)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Director: <strong>\u00a0Sam Newfield<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Screenplay: <strong>Fred Myton<\/strong><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Stars: <strong>George Zucco, Charles Middleton <\/strong>and <strong>Glenn Strange.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Tagline: None.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Plot&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A terrible thunderstorm is raging when five people arrive at The Black Raven motel seeking shelter.\u00a0 A gangster, a young couple planning to elope, the girl&#8217;s father who plans to stop the wedding, and a bank employee (with $50,000.00 that he embezzled).\u00a0 In short order, the girl&#8217;s father is murdered.\u00a0 The hotel&#8217;s owner, Amos Bradford (Zucco) works to solve the crime aided by his not-too-bright employee, Andy (Strange).\u00a0 Andy is a huge man afraid of his own shadow.\u00a0 When the Sheriff arrives looking for an escaped convict, he learns of the murder and is ready to bring in anyone to resolve the case.<\/p>\n<p>Can Mr. Bradford find the killer before he strikes again?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong style=\"font-size: inherit; color: var(--text-color); font-family: var(--text-font);\">Thoughts (beware of spoilers)\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>The Black Raven<\/em> is an old spooky house-type story popular at the time.\u00a0 It&#8217;s supposed to be a thriller\/comedy.\u00a0 Unfortunately it&#8217;s not that thrilling or funny.\u00a0 I will give Glenn Strange (who would later play Frankenstein and even later play the bartender in the long-running series <em>Gunsmoke<\/em>) credit for giving it his all as Andy.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: inherit; color: var(--text-color); font-family: var(--text-font);\"><em><strong>The Black Raven <\/strong><\/em>(1943) rates 2 of 5 stars.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/stallonezone.com\/zone\/logo\/zview_d.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"100\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/stallonezone.com\/zone\/2024\/z033024zview_blackraven2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"385\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Black Raven (1943) Director: \u00a0Sam Newfield Screenplay: Fred Myton Stars: George Zucco, Charles Middleton and Glenn Strange. 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