The Fall of the House of Usher (1928 American film)
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Genre Short, Horror Country United States | 7/10 Director Jean Epstein Duration | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Language Silent film
English intertitles Release date 1928 (1928) Writer Edgar Allan Poe (story) Directors James Sibley Watson, Melville Webber |
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The Fall of the House of Usher (1928) is a short silent horror film adaptation of the short story "The Fall of the House of Usher" by Edgar Allan Poe. It tells the story of a brother and sister who live under a family curse. It stars Herbert Stern, Hildegarde Watson, and Melville Webber.
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The movie was directed by James Sibley Watson and Melville Webber. A music score was written in 1959 for the film by Watson and Webber's friend, composer Alec Wilder.
The fall of the house of usher 1928
Production
An avant-garde experimental film, the visual element predominates, including shots through prisms to create optical distortion. There is no dialogue, though one part features letters moving across the screen.
Influence
In 2000, the United States Library of Congress deemed the film "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant film" and selected it for preservation in the National Film Registry.
References
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