Long before Harry Potter, and not all that long after Gandalf and Saruman, (Not to mention Radagast) came on the scene, Richard Matheson and Roger Corman created Drs Scarabus (Boris Karloff) Craven (Vincent Price) and Bedlo (Peter Lorre) for the Poe Spoof "The Raven." Some minor actor named Jack Nicholson is also in the film.

We're going to show this exceptionally rare film on Feb 4 at the Arclight Hollywood...part of the Cinerama Dome complex...as an episode of my show "Hollywood's Master Storytellers." Interview and Q and A session with Roger Corman follows, full details in the press release below.

Feb 4, 7 pm in our home screening room, Number 10 at the Arclight on Sunset Blvd, behind the legendary Cinerama Dome. [www.arclightcinemas.com]