help identifying this movie, too

[Anonymous User]

Hi, I'm new to the list, and from reading all your posts I'm hoping you can help me find the name of a movie that has haunted me since I first saw it as a kid.  I'm pretty sure it was from the '40s, and the scene I remember is that a man is either in an elevator, or in a room, and the walls start to close in on him.  He picks up a floor lamp and tries to stop the walls from moving.

This movie scared the pants off me, so I can't tell you if he was successful with his lamp trick.

I have literally thought about this scene for about 50 years, so c'mon, folks, somebody else in this world must have seen this movie.

[Mofo Rising]

Wow, does that spark some dim recollections.  For some reason I can semi picture the walls looking really weird as they close in.

I don't know the name of your movie, and I don't know if it's the same thing I'm thinking of (I don't think it is), but for the record this is now going to drive me crazy as well.

A quick Google search came up with this page, a Robin Hood serial from the 40's.

[JohnL]

>I'm pretty sure it was from the '40s, and the scene I remember is that a man is
>either in an elevator, or in a room, and the walls start to close in on him. He picks
>up a floor lamp and tries to stop the walls from moving.

Just a shot in the dark, but I seem to recall The Raven (1935) having a scene where a guy is put in a room with walls that close in. Don't recall if there was a lamp though.

The Raven (1935)

[Apostic]

Watched it this past weekend.  Poe party.  We served Poe' Boy sandwiches and Poe-tato salad (with Poe-mentos!).  And we had both the 1935 and 1963 Ravens. If there was a lamp in the crushing wall room bit, I must've blinked and missed it.

Of course, there WAS an elevator room...

regards,

Apostic


(This reminds me.  Must watch Cat and the Canary someday....)

[Ellie]

Were you Poe-lite?

[Apostic]

"Were you Poe-lite?"

It would've been apro-Poe.

regards,

A-Poe-stic (No, wait.  That sounds crude.  Please don't call the Poe-lice.)

[Anonymous User]

Thanks to all who replied that it was The Raven.  I don't know if this was one of those what I call "period" movies (where the stars wear cloaks and long dresses and drink grog), but I definitely remember the man in the room/elevator was wearing a suit.

[Damien01]

In case if you dont know there were hundreds of movies that was before 1960, that was supose to be lost forever because of a storage fire...

many of those movies are lost classics and it could be possible that your movie is one of those lost classics...

[Anonymous User]

Oh Geez, I hope not!