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The Fall of the House of Usher (1928)

The Fall of the House of Usher is a 1928 horror film based upon the work of the same title by Edgar Allan Poe. It tells the story of a brother and sister who live under a family curse. It stars Herbert Stern, Hildegarde Watson and Melville Webber.

The movie was directed by James Sibley Watson and Melville Webber. In 2000 the United States Library of Congress deemed the film "culturally significant" and selected it for preservation in the National Film Registry.