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Herbert Stern.
Frame enlargement: Silent Era image collection.
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The Fall of
the House of Usher
(1928) United States of America
B&W : One reel
Directed by J.S. Watson Jr. (James Sibley Watson Jr.) and Melville Webber
Cast: Herbert Stern [Roderick Usher], Hildegarde Watson [Madeline Usher], Melville Webber [a traveler]; Friedrich Haak, Dorthea House
Film Guild production. / Scenario by Melville Webber, from the short story “The Fall of the House of Usher” by Edgar Allan Poe. Set design by Melville Webber. Cinematography by Louis Siegel + [James Sibley Watson Jr.]. Special effects photography by Carl Gregory. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / An independent production filmed in Rochester, New York. / Silent film.
Drama: Avant-garde.
Survival status: Print exists in the George Eastman Museum film archive.
Current rights holder: (unknown)
Keywords: Authors: Edgar Allan Poe - Avant-garde
Listing updated: 1 December 2022.
References: Film viewing : Card-Seductive pp. 12, 77 : Website-IMDb.
Home video: DVD.
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