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Title:
The fall of the house of Usher / directed by Melville Webber and J.S. Watson Jr.
Publisher:
Image Entertainment Inc.,
Copyright Date:
1928
Description:
1 film reel (14 min.) : silent, black and white ; 16 mm
Subject:
Short films.
Experimental films.
Horror films.
Other Authors:
Webber, Melville. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2008035928
Watson, James S. (James Sibley), 1894-1982. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n92103370
Stern, Herbert, 1918- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n89639452
Watson, Hildegard.
Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849. Fall of the house of Usher.
Festival Films. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no97019937
Notes:
Herbert Stern (Roderick Usher), Hildegard Watson (Madeline Usher), Melville Webber (traveller).
Summary:
An experimental adaptation of Poe's short story of the same title about the last member of the Usher family who is tortured by the mysterious despair contained within the family house. The film attempts to capture the mood of Poe's work rather than seeking to be a literal translation of it.
OCLC:
(OCoLC)43644214
Locations:
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

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