On this day in movie and book history - The Fall of the House of Usher, a.k.a. 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.

Recommended reading:

The Fall of the House of Usher and the Other Major Tales and Poems by Edgar Allan Poe

by Edgar Allan Poe.

Published by Reader's Library Classics.

Published 2023.

Paperback.

ISBN-10: 1954839480

ISBN-13: 978-1954839489

Description:

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.

At the request of his good friend Roderick Usher, a visitor travels to the House of Usher where Roderick and his sister Madeline live. From the time the traveler first steps foot onto the Usher property, a mysterious and foreboding presence fills the air. Almost as if the house itself is alive.

Born in 1809, Edgar Allan Poe was an American writer and poet best known for his tales of mystery and macabre. His short stories have long been entrenched in American pop culture, and he is regarded as one of the greatest inspirations to the modern horror and mystery genres. His fictional C. Auguste Dupin stories, all included in this collection, are widely considered the first modern detective story, and these stories would become a foundational influence to Arthur Conan Doyle’s famous detective Sherlock Holmes. Poe's notable works include The Fall of the House of Usher (1839), The Tell-Tale Heart (1843), The Black Cat (1843), and The Raven (1845), among many others. He died in 1849.

The following 13 tales and 13 poems are included:

Tales: The Fall of the House of Usher; The Tell-Tale Heart; the Black Cat; The Cask of Amontillado; The Pit and the Pendulum; The Masque of the Red Death; The Oval Portrait; The Premature Burial; A Descent into the Maelström; Ligeia.

The C. Auguste Dupin Mysteries: The Murders in the Rue Morgue; The Mystery of Marie Rogêt; The Purloined Letter.

Poems: The Raven; Annabel Lee; Alone; Dream-Land; Eldorado; The Sleeper; Lenore; The City and the Sea; To Helen; The Bells; The Valley of Unrest; To One in Paradise; A Dream within a Dream. 

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).