User: M-le-mot-dit
File: The Fall of the House of Usher (1928).webm
Author: Melville Webber, James Sibley Watson
Publisher: Film Guild
Year: 1928
PD: PD/US|1982|film=yes
Note: A short silent experimental horror film inspired by the 1839 short story ''[[Tales (Poe)/The Fall of the House of Usher|The Fall of the House of Usher]]'' by [[Author:Edgar Allan Poe|Edgar Allan Poe]]. Selected for preservation in the National Film Registry by the United States Library of Congress.
Cat: Drama film, Horror film, Films based on books, Silent film
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00:23
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{{Center|{{Xx-larger block|{{sc|The Fall}}<br />
{{sc|''of the''}}<br />
{{sc|House of Usher}}}}
{{Fine block|A Film Version of Poe's Story<br />
By<br />
MELVILLE WEBBER<br />
and J. S. WATSON JR.}}}}
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00:30
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{{Center|''THE ACTORS''}}
{{Dotted TOC line||''Roderick Usher''|Herbert Stern|width=20em|col3-width=8em|textbackground=#ffffec;|spaces=2}}
{{Dotted TOC line||''Madeleine Usher''|Hildegrade Watson|width=20em|col3-width=10em|textbackground=#ffffec;|spaces=2}}
{{Dotted TOC line||''A traveller''|Melville Webber|col3-width=8em|textbackground=#ffffec;|spaces=2}}
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00:43
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{{Serif block|{{Center|THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER}}
{{Rule|5em|margin_tb=1em}}
{{Block center|{{X-smaller block|Son cœur est un luth suspendu;<br/>
Sitôt qu’on le touche il résonne.<br/>
{{right|''De Béranger''.|offset=-4em}}}}}}
{{Block center|width=22em|talign=justify|{{Fine block|{{Dropinitial|margin-bottom=-.2em|D}}{{uc|uring}} the whole of a dull, dark, and soundless day in the autumn of the year, when the clouds hung oppressively low in the heavens, I had been passing alone, on horseback, through a singularly dreary tract of country; and at length found myself, as the shades of the evening drew on, within view of the melancholy House of Usher.}}}}}}
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10:07
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{{Center|{{Larger|{{Lsp|.5em|BEAT}}}}}}
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10:44
{{ft/i|
{{Center|{{Larger|{{Lsp|.5em|CRACK}}}}}}
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10:50
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{{Center|{{Larger|{{Lsp|.5em|CRACKD}}}}}}
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10:57
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{{Center|{{Larger|{{Lsp|.5em|RIP DEAD SCREAM}}}}}}
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11:16
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{{Center|{{Larger|{{Lsp|.5em|SHRIEK}}}}}}
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