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title: 'The Fall of the House of Usher (1928)'
type: 'film'
director: 'James Sibley Watson'
released: '1928-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 13
genres:
  - 'Horror'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-fall-of-the-house-of-usher-1928-2'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0018873/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Fall of the House of Usher (1928)

1928 · 13 min · Horror · United States


## Synopsis

The Fall of the House of Usher (1928) is a short silent horror film adaptation of the 1839 short story "The Fall of the House of Usher" by Edgar Allan Poe. The movie was co-directed by James Sibley Watson and Melville Webber, and starred Herbert Stern, Hildegarde Watson, and Melville Webber. It tells the story of a brother and sister who live under a family curse. An avant-garde experimental film running only 13 minutes, the visual element predominates, including shots through prisms to create optical distortion. There is no dialogue in the film, though one sequence features letters written in the air moving across the screen.

## Credits

- **Director of Photography:** [Melville Webber](https://cinepixo.com/people/melville-webber), [James Sibley Watson](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-sibley-watson)
- **Director:** [James Sibley Watson](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-sibley-watson)
- **Screenplay:** [Edgar Allan Poe](https://cinepixo.com/people/edgar-allan-poe)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Alec Wilder](https://cinepixo.com/people/alec-wilder)

## Cast

- [Melville Webber](https://cinepixo.com/people/melville-webber)
- [Hildegarde Lasell Watson](https://cinepixo.com/people/hildegarde-lasell-watson)

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