On this day in movie history - The Fall of the House of Usher, aka La chute de la maison Usher (1928)

 

The Fall of the House of Usher

a.k.a. La chute de la maison Usher

directed by Jean Epstein,

written by Luis Buñuel and Jean Epstein,

based on the short story by Edgar Allan Poe,

was released in France on October 5, 1928.

 

Cast:

Jean Debucourt, Marguerite Gance, Charles Lamy, Fournez-Goffard, Luc Dartagnan, Abel Gance, Halma, Pierre Hot, Pierre Kefer.

On this day in movie history - The Exterminating Angel (1962)

The Exterminating Angel

directed and written by Luis Buñuel,

based on the story Los Náufragos de la Calle de la Providencia by Luis Alcoriza and Luis Buñuel,

was released at the Cannes Film Festival in France on May 16, 1962.

Music by Raúl Lavista.

Cast:

Silvia Pinal, Jacqueline Andere, José Baviera, Augusto Benedico, Luis Beristáin, Antonio Bravo, Claudio Brook, César del Campo, Rosa Elena Durgel, Lucy Gallardo, Enrique García Álvarez, Ofelia Guilmáin, Nadia Haro Oliva, Tito Junco, Xavier Loyá, Xavier Massé, Ofelia Montesco, Patricia Morán, Patricia de Morelos, Bertha Moss, Enrique Rambal, Pancho Córdova, Ángel Merino, Luis Lomelí, Guillermo Álvarez Bianchi, Elodia Hernández, Florencio Castelló, Eric del Castillo, Chel López, David Hayat, Janet Alcoriza, Daniel Arroyo, Victorio Blanco, Arturo Cobo, Ángel Di Stefani, Juan Antonio Edwards, Jesús Gómez Murguía, Jaime Hayward, Rita Macedo, Roberto Meyer, Rubén Márquez, Fernando Yapur.

Born on this day – Luis Buñuel:

Luis Buñuel

Writer

Director

Actor

Producer

February 22, 1900 – July 29, 1983

Credits:

A Woman Without Love (1952); An Andalusian Dog (1929); Arena (1983); Belle de Jour (1967); Carmen (1926); Centinela, alerta! (1937); Daughter of Deceit (1951); Death in the Garden (1956); Diary of a Chambermaid (1964); Don Quintín el amargao (1935); Dry martini (2008); El (1953); En este pueblo no hay ladrones (1965); España 1936 (1937); Fever Mounts at El Pao (1959); Gran Casino (1947); Igra o pamcenju i umiranju (1984); Illusion Travels by Streetcar (1954); Johnny Got His Gun (1971); La chute d'un corps (1973); La hija de Juan Simón (1935); La novia de medianoche (1997); Las Hurdes (1933); Le moine (1972); Llanto por un bandido (1964); Mauprat (1926); Mexican Bus Ride (1952); Nazarin (1959); Quién me quiere a mí? (1936); Robinson Crusoe (1954); Si usted no puede, yo sí (1951); Simon of the Desert (1965); Susana (1951); That Obscure Object of Desire (1977); The Brute (1953); The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz (1955); The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972); The Exterminating Angel (1962); The Fall of the House of Usher (1928); The Golden Age (1930); The Great Madcap (1949); The History of the Vatican (1940); The Metropolitan Opera HD Live (2017); The Milky Way (1969); The Phantom of Liberty (1974); The Proud and the Beautiful (1953); The River and Death (1954); The Young and the Damned (1950); The Young One (1960); This is Called Dawn (1956); Tristana (1970); Una historia decente (1971); Viridiana (1961); Wuthering Heights (1954).