The Fall of the House of Usher

Synopsis

In a decaying castle surrounded by a dank, mirrored lake live the morbidly nervous Roderick Usher and his sickly twin sister, Madeline. Their tale is told and dimly comprehended by the unnamed narrator, a boyhood friend whom Roderick has summoned. When Madeline soon dies—or seems to die—they entomb her body. On a stormy night, "cracking and ripping" sounds and a "shriek" from below convince the panicky Roderick that "We have put her living into the tomb!" The shrouded, emaciated figure of Madeline appears at the door of Roderick's book-strewn study, falls upon him, "and in her violent and now final death-agonies, bore him to the floor a corpse."

Main Cast

Herbert Stern

Roderick Usher

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Hildegarde Watson

Madeline Usher

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Melville Webber

A Traveller

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Crew

Department	Role	Name
Directing	Director	James Sibley Watson Melville Webber
Camera	Director of Photography	James Sibley Watson Melville Webber
Sound	Music	Alec Wilder
Art	Art Direction	James Sibley Watson Melville Webber
Writing	Short Story	Edgar Allan Poe
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