director:
Dave Fleischer
playwright:
Carl Meyer
/
Pinto Colvig
actor:
Jack Mercer
genre:
Animation
region:
United States
language:
English
length: 14m
release date: 1942-04-03
IMDb: tt0035240
overview
In the Fleischer Bros.’ animated take on Edgar Allen Poe’s The Raven, the titular bird still comes “rapping and a tapping” at the door but rather than a harbinger of inconsolable grief, he’s selling vacuum cleaners. That is until the big bad wolf tempts him to rob the joint instead. Add in the lord of the manor, a kilt-wearing Scottie dog, and things go off the literary rails pretty quickly as the anarchic fun ramps up.