3 bad men is a 1926 american western film directed by john ford .

bob mastrangelo has called it " one of john ford 's greatest silent epics . "

the film had inspired the title for akira kurosawa 's 1958 film three bad men in a hidden fortress , simply known as the hidden fortress in the rest of the world .

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3 bad men <EOT> looking for movie tickets ? enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing 3 bad men near you .

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john ford takes the characterization a step further , actually two steps further , with three outlaws who have hearts of gold in his production of " 3 bad men " ( fox film corp . , 1926 ) .

this may shock you , but the 3 bad men of the title are not the bad guys in this absolutely magnificent silent western ! they ' re a bunch of lovable horse thieves who stumble into heroism after they chase away a rival gang and find less villainous work escorting olive borden across the old west .

i had seen the dvd of 3 bad men quite a long time ago but i felt i could really appreciate it more in hd . it ' s an impressive silent era western by the best storyteller of the genre . the kino lorber

film historian joseph mcbride provides a commentary track that covers 3 bad men ’s production in copious detail and also links the film to previous and future ford works . there’s also a theatrical trailer , though curiously it’s for ford’s 1937 feature the hurricane .

there weren ' t many western " epics " made during the silent era , so comparisons between the few that were made are inevitable . richard koszarski in an evening ' s entertainment ( university of california press , 1990 ) called " 3 bad men " a " powerful historic epic " and said it was " far more satisfactory by any possible standard than " the covered wagon " ( paramount , 1923 ) . the land rush sequence in " 3 bad men " is certainly as exciting and well - filmed as the one in william s . hart ' s " tumbleweeds " ( united artists , 1925 ) and is aided by a much better developed and engrossing story than hart ' s film . unfortunately , " 3 bad men " hasn ' t been available over the years as " the covered wagon " and " tumbleweeds " have . nevertheless , it is certainly deserving of some of the notoriety and praise that has been accorded these other films .

" 3 bad men " is truly one of the great epic westerns of the silent era . with this film , director john ford provided a worthy follow - up to his classic " the iron horse " ( fox film corp . , 1924 ) . although the film was praised by critics , it failed at the box office and did not recoup its $ 650 , 000 cost . however , dan ford says in his 1979 biography of his grandfather ( pappy : the life of john ford , prentice - hall ) that " 3 bad men " is " . . . quite possibly his ( john ford ' s ) best silent film . "

so i suppose we can now say that it’s official , barring any unforeseen events , of course . “bad boys 3” is a go . i assume it’ll be filmed later this year ( one of its stars – will smith – just begun production on his next film , “collateral beauty” for new line cinema , which is set for release during awards season later this year . he’ll likely follow that up almost immediately with filming on “bad boys 3” over the summer ) .

" as in so many john ford films , 3 bad men is loaded with beautifully composed shots of western vistas . one of the highlights is a recreation of the 1877 dakota land rush , as stunning a set piece as you ever would hope to see . indeed , no american filmmaker captures the stark , simple beauty of the american west as john ford . "

" 3 bad men is a complex , ambitious , yet satisfyingly breezy silent western from film giant john ford . this flick ' s got humor , melodrama , thrilling setpieces , and , above all , a well - told story . as long as you aren ' t prejudiced against silent cinema , you ' ll have a heck of a good time . highly recommended . "

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the 1926 silent 3 bad men marked the end of the first phase of john ford’s career . it was the filmmaker’s last western until 1939’s stagecoach , as well the last major feature he completed before he saw f . w . murnau’s sunrise the following year and spent the next decade exploring german expressionism . despite ford’s subsequent stylistic shift , the film nonetheless demonstrates the director fully grasping for the first time the balance of grandeur and intimacy that would define his later , more mature work .

men and women’s hands wave into the distance and out of frame from their ship signalling the beginning of ford ' s 3 bad men , like his mormons in wagon master or sailors in the long voyage home they search for their promised land and as the intertitle tells us ‘some sought happiness – some only the horn of plenty – the chalice of gold’ . soon the ships on the sea give way to the wagons on their trail all headed to the dakotas with life envisioned as a parade placed against the purity of the land . and so all the grandness of this story is established in the first few minutes where immigrants are…

" bull " takes her back to the saloon and puts her in a bed . before she dies , she tells him that layne hunter is the man with whom she ran away . he vows revenge against hunter . after an unsuccessful attempt by " bull " to find the villain , hunter and his men cross over the land rush line to wait for lee , dan and the three bad men when the race begins the next day at noon .

the pace of the story picks up considerably when some of hunter ' s men kill the old prospector , lucas ( played by jay hunt ) , because he won ' t tell them where he found gold . however , before he dies , he tells the three bad men who shot him . they organize a revolt to rid the town of hunter and his men , but , realizing what is happening , hunter incites his men to burn down the local church where it just happens a large number of the town ' s womenfolk are having prayer with the minister . hunter ' s drunken men set wagons on fire and run them into the church , then ambush the church so no one can escape the burning building . " bull ' s " sister , millie , jumps in front of the minister as he pleads with the ambushers for mercy , and she is shot . " bull " and the other men arrive to rescue the women , and that is when he discovers his sister has been in the town all along .

as 3 bad men commences , with a voyage westward toward a gold rush in the dakotas , shots of a wagon train provide sweeping vistas of the old west landscape , but ford best captures the epic atmosphere of this time and place with more intimate reaction shots . scattered members of a sioux tribe watch the huge procession with somber helplessness , simmering at the white intrusion , but unequipped and under - manned to resist . meanwhile , bandits monitor the wagons for weaknesses from afar like coyotes , and the eponymous three men who seek to rob the gold rushers are introduced silhouetted by the sun behind them , casting them in an ominous pall .

william s . hart may have been the one who popularized the good - bad man persona , but he wasn ' t the only one who could do it and do it well .

in breaking bad , gus never meets saul goodman and todd alquist . gus is never seen on screen with lydia rodarte - quayle but it is clear that they did know each other .

i’d expect “bad boys 3” will be even bigger and * badder * than the last 2 , which means that it might get expensive for sony pictures , with likely heftier salaries to pay ( smith and lawrence will probably demand more money than they received many years ago for the first 2 ) , and it’s a question whether it may even be worth it for the studio ; unless they expect it to do really big numbers at the box office . and i don’t know if that’s a guarantee , quite frankly . i’m sure it’ll do well , but are will smith and martin lawrence still the box office draws they both once were , just a few years ago , especially after a handful of underwhelming returns for smith movies in recent years ? but maybe this is exactly the kind of movie that fans want to see both actors in , and “bad boys 3” will serve as a sort of return to form for them .

they succeed in running off the would - be robbers and find lee kneeling over her father who has been killed in the melee . she gets up , turns to " bull " and buries her face in his chest crying . the three " bad " men are softened by the girl and even agree to be hired , and paid later , by her when she can claim land , hopefully with gold upon it , in the land rush .

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in short order , however , the three bad men of the film’s title—bull ( tom santschi ) , mike ( j . farrell macdonald ) , and spade ( frank campeau ) —become unwitting heroes . as they prepare to steal some of the train’s horses , they spot a separate band of renegades beating them to the punch . “our business is getting overcrowded , ” mike exclaims as the men rout the rival thieves , and their hard exteriors melt when they come across a sobbing lee ( olive borden ) , whose father was killed by the other bandits . accompanying lee to the nearby frontier town , the trio hang around as protectors , eventually falling into conflict with layne hunter ( lou tellegen ) , the town’s corrupt sheriff .

this classic western directed by the great john ford ( the hurricane ) stars george o ' brien ( sunrise ) and a host of other greats from the silent era and beyond . when a trio of bandits discovers a young woman ( olive borden ) whose father was murdered by a ruthless gang , the " three bad men " go from being partners in crime to comrades in chivalry . willing to put their own lives on the line to protect her from a sinister sheriff ( lou tellegen ) and his deranged posse , the men prove that character isn ' t always determined by which side of the law a man sits on . a grand , picturesque western , this epic stands as one of the legendary director ' s finest .

mike approaches gus to seek help in laundering the remaining $ 200 , 000 he stole from hector so that it can be left to his family . gus agrees , warning mike that the process will be difficult , and both men shake hands .

borden is not only charming , but beautiful as well . it is no wonder she wins the hearts of the three bad men . her scenes with o ' brien are a pure delight . after the initial shock of dan walking in on her taking a bath , we see a deviish smile cross her face as she thinks about his embarassment . in another scene , dan watches her walk behind one of the wagons , and all we see is an outstretched arm appear from around the wagon with her fingers waving , " come along . "

step out of the car and , axe in hand , enter the house . walt showers , unaware of the two men moving toward him . in his car , mike makes a phone call . " there ' s something he should know about , " he tells

i’ve always said , for as long as a “bad boys 3” movie has been rumored to be in the works ( which has been many years ) , by the time it eventually goes into production , both actors will be over 60 years old ! well , maybe not after all , as sony pictures has put an official release date on the threequel , for next year actually – june 2 , 2017 – and has confirmed a director for it as well , joe carnahan ( last year , word on the street was that carnahan was “in early talks” to both re - write the script for the movie as well as direct ) .

. " your new lab , " says gus . explaining that the facility receives large chemical shipments and boasts an excellent filtration system , gus tells walt no suspicions will be raised . although very impressed by the high - tech apparatus of the lab , walt declines gus ' s offer , saying that he ' s already made too many bad decisions . if his decisions were made for his family ' s welfare , gus counters , they were not bad . " a man provides , " gus says . " and he does it even when he ' s not appreciated , or respected , or even loved . "

ford was good at making sure the grandness of his pictures didn ' t detract from the characters , and " 3 bad men " is no exception . he chose george o ' brien ( a ford " discovery " who rose to stardom in " the iron horse " ) to portray happy - go - lucky dan o ' malley . with his muscular physique , we expect o ' brien to play the part of the strong young buck who can take care of himself , and he gets the chance to do just that in scenes such as the one where he lifts a wagon by himself so the wheel can be put on it or when he defends himself in a fight in the saloon . however , o ' brien is also effective in his scenes with olive borden such as the one where he almost kisses her after wiping mud from her face or when he accidentally walks in on her taking a bath .

as part of gus ' agreement with hector , gus ' men hand over a portion of his smuggled drugs to nacho , who insists on taking one more package than was agreed to . gus orders his henchmen to allow nacho to take the extra portion , as he is scouting a commercial

my brother - in - law , moments before he was attacked , someone called to warn him . i believe that same person was protecting me . those two men - the assassins - i believe i was their prime target , but that somehow they were steered away from me to my brother - in - law

when walt seeks a buyer for his chemically pure meth , he is put in contact with gus . walt manages to persuade gus into purchasing thirty - eight pounds of his meth for $ 1 . 2 million ; after the product yields good returns , gus offers walt $ 3 million for three months of his time . gus ' hiring and protection of walt puts him at odds with the cartel ' s leadership . despite gus ' initial protection of walt during the second and third seasons , the collaboration between the two men becomes permanently strained after he attempts to kill walter for killing two of his dealers and after jesse kills gale on walter ' s orders . gus then becomes a formidable adversary of walt ' s and the main antagonist during the fourth season .

following the success of the previous deal , gus invites walt back to los pollos hermanos for a meeting . despite his great respect for gus , walt has decided to stop cooking meth . " i am not a criminal , " he explains . gus offers walt $ 3 million for three months of work . " i have money , " walt says , declining . " what i don ' t have is my family . " walt , seriously jarred by the

shortly afterwards , gus ( as part of his image as a big dea booster ) goes to the hospital with a large buffet of los pollos hermanos fried chicken for the police officers keeping vigil over hank . in the waiting room , walt watches gus console marie . " men like your husband are the thin blue line between us and these animals , " he says .

" go from being partners in crime to comrades in chivalry . willing to put their own lives on the line to protect her from a sinister sheriff ( lou tellegen ) and his deranged posse , the men prove that character isn ' t always determined by which side of the law a man sits on . a grand , picturesque western , this epic stands as one of the legendary director s finest .

this reads like a dumb and desperate idea to me . i should note that i’m not a fan of the “jump street” movies , so maybe i’m biased . but with this email leak , i wonder if sony will continue on with this crossover path with other movies , especially if “mib23” is a hit . i should note that the studio was already gearing up for “23 jump street” as well as another “men in black” movie , so someone over there obviously thought that a single combo film made more sense .

at the time , the idea was so unbelievable to me , and i called it ridiculous ; but the studio clearly sees a way for the 2 universes to collide on screen that i can’t immediately picture , as it’s also been reported , via deadline , that sony has also put into development a movie called “mib23” ( as in “men in black” and what was to be “23 jump street” – the second film was titled “22 jump street” ) , which “moves channing tatum and jonah hill from school narcs to alien hunters . ”

meets with mike and asks him to kill eleven men from gus ' operation in order to tie any loose ends . mike refuses because gus paid them enough " hazard pay " to keep quiet ; however , when he is called in to meet with hank and gomez , mike learns that the authorities have discovered and frozen gus ' s cayman islands accounts , using the rico act to halt and seize payments to gus ' subordinates , including mike , who had $ 2 million that he was planning on leaving behind for his granddaughter ,

of mike ' s intent to assassinate his employer . he also assigns one of his men to place a tracking device in mike ' s car to keep tabs on the latter ' s wherabouts at all times . as a warning to mike , gus ' s agent purposefully blow ' s mike ' s cover when he makes his attempt , bugging the beater car mike purchases , following mike to hector , and wedging a branch against mike ' s car ' s horn before leaving a note on the windshield , which simply reads : " don ' t . "

and while this wasn’t as damning as that , one of the leaked emails included discussion of another “jump street” film ( a 3rd ) that would crossover with will smith’s “men in black” franchise . that’s right ! you read that correctly . how exactly the studio planned to make that happen , wasn’t revealed in any of the emails , but “jump street” star jonah hill is / was certainly on board with the idea , telling sony pictures co - chairman amy pascal at the time , in an email : “jump street merging with mib i think that’s clean and rad and powerful . ”

walt calls gus to let him know that gale isn ' t working out , and he wants to replace him with jesse . " i was told the lab is mine , " walt reminds gus , who begrudgingly approves jesse ' s return . later , hank is in his suv in a shopping center parking lot . his cell phone rings . " two men are coming to kill you , " says an electronically altered voice . " you have one minute . " it is this warning that allows hank to be prepared for the impending ambush and to attack the cousins before they can attack him , eventually ending in leonel ' s serious injury and marco ' s death

the film’s action sequences reveal ford’s innate command of multi - planar compositions , with contrasting movement in the foreground and background of his frames , but the moments that most clearly point to the filmmaker’s future mastery lie in small character interactions . around lee , the three bandits turn into clumsy but avuncular figures , and their concern for the young woman extends to trying to find her a husband in a funny scene where they scour a saloon investigating men’s teeth and physical attributes to find a suitable mate . elsewhere , ford’s favoring of medium and long shots over close - ups magnifies the sexual tension between lee and dan ( george o’brien ) , the handsome cowboy she meets at the start of the film . in perhaps the film’s most arresting scene , he seems to lean in for a kiss , only to grab her head and wipe a smudge of mud off her face , and the shot lasts just long enough to capture a twinge of longing on lee’s expression .

i didn’t then , and i still don’t see it ; but maybe you do . according to the email , directing duo phil lord and chris miller were on board as producers and potential directors of that movie mash - up ; although , also per the emails , will smith and tommy lee jones would not be involved . there was no script ( back then ) , but , as the emails also revealed , the project was greenlit based on the concept alone . sony execs even sought steven spielberg’s participation ( since he’s the man behind the “men in black” franchise ) , sending an email to his attorney , stating : “we didn’t do as well as we had hoped for on the last mib film , but that hasn’t caused us to lose faith in the franchise . in reality , the exact opposite has occurred where we all have an opportunity to take an interim step on the way to hopefully forging ahead again in the pure - play mib universe . ”

four years and four films earlier . it won even bigger at the box office and scooped up a handful of japanese and international awards , proving that its director was not merely an art - house auteur but could fill theaters as well . the film’s popularity in japan was instrumental in securing financial guarantees for kurosawa’s own production company , which supported all his subsequent films up to 1970 . the pacing and characters of

its landscapes and epic feel , make it a great action film , and as kurosawa’s first use of widescreen , it is one of his most stylish movies . with this film , the director’s artistry and humanist ideology spectacularly fused with the entertainment values of adventure films and comedies . still , although it shares a great deal , thematically and stylistically , with his previous films , including

and its nation - building enthusiasm , many critics in japan and the u . s . originally dismissed

and it is now widely viewed as a key film in the history of action - adventure cinema , encapsulating the american - asian roots of the genre as it has evolved since the 1970s .

catherine russell is professor of film studies at concordia university , montreal . she is the author of four books and numerous articles on narrative theory , experimental ethnography , japanese cinema , experimental film , canadian cinema , and walter benjamin . please see www . catherinerussell . ca .

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cast : george o’brien [ dan o’malley ] , olive borden [ lee carlton ] , lou tellegen [ sheriff layne hunter ] , tom santschi [ ‘bull’ stanley ] , j . farrell macdonald [ mike costigan ] , frank campeau [ ‘spade’ allen ] , priscilla bonner [ millie stanley ] , otis harlan [ zach little ] , phyllis haver [ lily ] , georgie harris [ joe minsk ] , alec francis ( alec b . francis ) [ reverend calvin benson ] , jay hunt [ nat lucas , the old prospector ] ; walter perry [ pat monahan ] , george irving [ general neville ] , grace gordon [ millie’s friend ] , vester pegg , bud osborne

fox film corporation production ; distributed by fox film corporation . / scenario by john stone + [ john ford ] , from the adaption by john stone of the novel over the border by herman whittaker . assistant director , edward o’fearna . photographed ( cinematography ) by george schneiderman . titles ( intertitles ) by ralph spence and malcolm stuart boylan . presented by william fox . / © 22 august 1926 by fox film corporation [ lp23044 ] . trade premiere , 13 august 1926 . released 28 august 1926 . / standard 35mm spherical 1 . 33 : 1 format . / ford’s last silent western . location photography was taken in jackson hole , wyoming , and in the mojave desert , california . the film’s length was cut after its premiere .

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this is a great find - some excellent performances here ( olive borden as the plucky little heroine , priscilla bonner as poor little misguided millie , lou tellegen as the corrupt sheriff in rather silly hat ) and an excellent story which has a lot to say and keeps you watching . if only someone out there would restore it to its former glory . . . wouldn ' t it look wonderful ?

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cast : george o ' brien ( dan o ' malley ) , olive borden ( lee carleton ) , tom santschi ( " bull " stanley ) , j . farrell macdonald ( mike costigan ) , frank campeau ( " spade " allen ) , lou tellegen ( layne hunter ) , priscilla bonner ( millie ) , phyllis haver ( lily ) , alec b . francis ( reverend benson ) , otis harlan ( zach little ) , georgie harris ( joe minsk ) , jay hunt ( nat lucas ) . directed by john ford .

dan o ' malley ( played by george o ' brien ) is a cowboy working with a wagon train moving west . he meets lee carleton ( played by olive borden ) and her father when he stops to help them replace a wagon wheel that has fallen off . the carletons are on their way to the dakota land rush with several race horses that they hope will serve them well in the race for land .

in this short scene , dan and lee make the usual flirtatious eye contact , and later dan even holds her with head turned back and eyes closed - not to kiss her - but to wipe away a speck of mud she got on her face . of course , she ' s willing , and dan wants to , but , in typical cowpoke fashion , he never gets up the nerve .

the four of them arrive in custer where the land rush will begin . this rugged western town has sprung up overnight due to the thousands of land rushers swarming in for the free land which , hopefully , will have gold on it . the town ' s sheriff is layne hunter ( played by lou tellegen ) , a crooked gang leader who uses his position to get what he wants . unknown to lee , it was hunter ' s gang that killed her father in the aborted robbery attempt . also , unknown to " bull , " hunter is the very man he is looking for - the man who ran off with his sister , millie ( played by priscilla bonner ) . as fate would have it , millie is right there in custer still hoping hunter will marry her .

while " spade " and mike are more concerned with getting drunk , " bull " is agonizing over lee . his brotherly instincts are apparently getting the better of him , and he decides they should find a husband for her . " spade " and mike provide a comic interlude when they " check out " a derby - wearing , cane - toting dandy as a possible husband , but it ' s " bull " who runs across dan o ' malley , who has just wandered into town for the land rush , and , ignorant of dan ' s and lee ' s earlier meeting , brings dan back to " let nature take its course " with the two young people .

once again ford has provided a riveting story about everyday people against the backdrop of an historical event ( this time , the dakota land rush of 1877 ) without allowing " history " to overwhelm the characters . and , in true ford fashion , the natural wonders of the wide open spaces give the story not only beauty but authenticity , as well . it was filmed in jackson ' s hole , wyoming , where the crew experienced a real taste of western life as they lived in tents , ate from chuck wagons and bathed in the river . the land rush sequence was filmed in a dry lake bed in victorville , ca . , just outside los angeles .

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of john ford ' s 1926 film looks like it is from the same source but transferred in 1080p . there is inherent damage in the 90 - year old film but it is entirely watchable . the higher resolution defines the contrast , to a higher degree and the film presentation is just richer and truer over the old sd . this

advances on the image quality , also exemplifying the damage but it breathes new life into the viewing , imo .

is accompanied by the same pleasing music score as the 2007 fox dvd - composed by dana kaproff . the intertitles appear original , although may have had some restoration , and , hence , there are no subtitles offered and m

audio commentary by film historian joseph mcbride , the author of searching for john ford and it gives a great overview of the production offering many good details . there is also a t

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kino’s transfer doesn’t constitute a significant restoration , as the blu - ray contains numerous instances of scratches , lines , and other debris . some frames appear darker than intended . despite these setbacks , some images are surprisingly crisp , with stable textures and contrast levels that render the long shots in great detail . the soundtrack fares better , sourced from a 2007 score that clearly renders piano and guitar without any technical issues .

john ford’s great silent feature is a key film in the director’s oeuvre , and despite an unrestored transfer , it belongs in the library of all of his fans .

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comedy , romance , drama , and action are all combined by john ford in this exceptional western . a perfect fit for the «into the wild» festival , what has been called the wildest western race in film history is here brought together with the premiere of new film music by the avant - rock trio blueblut , joined by the breathtaking theremin virtuoso pamelia stickney .

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at the height of the frontier era , a locomotive races through the rocky mountains on a classified mission . but one by one , the passengers are murdered ! their only hope is john deakin ( charles . . . more

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james arness is back in the saddle as u . s . marshal matt dillon , thecharacter arness immortalized in gunsmoke ( 1955 - 1975 ) . desperadoes are on the loose and gun barrels are ablaze as matt dillon . . . more

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the year is 1870 , and former union soldier tom jeffords ( james stewart , no highway in the sky ) is recruited to remove a tribe of apache warriors from a u . s . mail delivery route by any means necessary . more

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when her father is hanged for killing his wife , the stunning beauty pearl ( jennifer jones ) is taken in by a wealthy texan , his wife and their two grown sons ( gregory peck and joseph cotten ) . but pear . . . more

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three outlaws come to the aid of a young girl after her father is killed . a silent film directed by john ford .

c ' était juste une question de temps , je suppose , avant que je devienne le genre de fatiguant qui dit que le cinéma était mieux avant que le parlant vienne tout gâcher .

so much beauty in this film . in the midst of the preparations of the land rush , ford gives us faces , faces daringly looking ahead to the future , and faces of children , and faces of babies . it ' s not the waterfall of tears that ford ' s later pilgrimage is , but i can think of no other movie that makes me want to cry so often . in many ways it ' s one of ford ' s most intimate films , a brother to young mr . lincoln . there is grandiosity , that being the land rush for gold and the new settlers coming to america , and then inside of that , the movie is dominated by acts of kindness . v and ford never lets us forget for one second that the nation of america was built on immigrants . " a nation to compound all the people of all the faces of the earth ! "

three crooks adopt a settler girl just before a great land grab of cleared tribal land .

the first silent ford i ' ve watched and i was very impressed . he ' s obviously a director who kept progressing for decades after this and the set pieces and use of exteriors are very good but not at the same level as his later work but it ' s a western with real bite , excellent developed characters and really atmospheric settings . it has some of the same manifest destiny issues for me as a lot of his other work , the forced clearance of the land is nothing but an economic opportunity but i think it is somehow more palatable here , possibly because the film has a real energy…

filmed on location in jackson hole , wyoming and the mojave desert , california , this b & w silent film from director john ford was based upon the 1916 novel " over the border " by herman whitaker . ford starts us off with a history lesson , of the westward migration of the 19th century , europeans crossing the sea to america , and easterners following the promise of farmland , gold and wealth in the vast frontiers of the old west .

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this is the first silent western i ' ve seen ( give or take the gold rush ) and it ' s a hell of an introduction . from the early scene in which olive takes absolutely no shit whatsoever from the handsome guy who tries mansplaining wagons to her , i was in love ; the romantic comedy elements in the courtship between these two characters…


house of usher ( also known as the fall of the house of usher and the mysterious house of usher ) is a 1960 american horror film directed by roger corman and written by richard matheson from the short story " the fall of the house of usher " by edgar allan poe .

the film was the first of eight corman/poe feature films and stars vincent price , myrna fahey , mark damon and harry ellerbe .

in 2005 , the film was listed with the united states national film registry as being deemed " culturally , historically , or aesthetically significant . "

on august 6 , 2010 , bric arts presented the film in prospect park with a new score and psychedelic overlays and flashforwards by marco benevento in celebration of the film 's 50th anniversary .

versions exist on dvd with running times between 76 and 80 minutes .

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house of usher ( film ) <EOT> alan parsons project , the - the fall of the house of usher . wmv

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the " fall " has been omitted from the film version of " the house of usher , " but not the pitfalls . view full article in timesmachine »

the fall of the house of usher is a 1928 film from france , directed by jean epstein , with a screenplay co - written by epstein and a young luis bunuel . it is an adaptation of the famous story " the fall of the house of usher " by edgar allan poe .

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one of many film adaptations of poe ' s story , including an american short film also made in 1928 , and a 1960 adaptation starring vincent price .

most readers of edgar allan poe’s short story , “the fall of the house of usher” , will notice some obvious changes in roger corman’s movie , the fall of the house of usher . in the film , philip winthrop traveled to the house of usher , a grim mansion surrounded by a tarn , for his fiancee madeline usher . madeline’s brother roderick opposed philip’s intentions of getting married to madeline and taking her back to boston with him . he told phillip that the usher family is afflicted by a cursed bloodline which made all their ancestors mad , criminals , etc .

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make his way to the usher estate , was for a dear friend , mr . usher . the two characters ,

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the house of usher is no more - and the place whereon it stood is as if - it had never been .

models for them , stemming from the book . the film contained the same basics of the

the production team of director stamatia maroupas , cameraman josh flavell and researcher farz edrak preparing to film with parliament house loading dock manger sandy mcinerney .

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with the headline : screen : ' house of usher ' ; poe story on bill with ' why must i die ? ' .

made from an amalgam of edgar allan poe stories , including “the oval portrait” and “the fall of the house of usher , ” epstein’s film suspends time in the atmospheric tale of a painter whose actual wife fades as his portrait of her nears completion . it stars marguerite gance , wife of abel gance , whose

victor reynolds arrives at the notorious house of usher , whereupon he is greeted by old acquaintances roderick and madeline usher and their servant , markus . as victor uncovers more about . . . see full summary »

james sibley watson jr and melville webber ' s 1928 short film of edgar allan poe ' s the fall of the house of usher , with a soundtrack by colin z . robertson ( hands of ruin ) . urltoken the soundtrack is also available separately on bandcamp : urltoken the video was taken from the national film preservation foundation ' s treasures from american film archives . the soundtrack includes samples from the g - town church sampling project by tobias marberger .

what was it—i paused to think—what was it that so unnerved me in the contemplation of the house of usher ? “ ( pg . 65 ) all three of the characters suffered from madness and gloom , evidently brought on by the forlorn setting . poe’s description of the house and then comparing it to his description of its inhabitants , roderick and madeline usher , gave the readers a feeling of terror and gloom . corman’s film implied that the house itself was the monster . viewers saw this throughout the film , by the objects falling mysteriously , the houses’ constant trembling , the eerie sounds etc .

victor reynolds arrives at the notorious house of usher , whereupon he is greeted by old acquaintances roderick and madeline usher and their servant , markus . as victor uncovers more about the history of the house and the disappearances of those that entered it previously , he begins to realize that he is in mortal danger .

were intended to be stonger between mr . usher and the traveler , instead of the other

the glasgow film festival is showing some great films and hosting some very interesting events this year . one part of the programme that caught my eye , in particular , is the ‘sound & vision’ section . on sunday 22nd february at the pollokshaws burgh hall , a live orchestra will perform alongside the 1928 silent film adaptation of edgar allen poe’s ‘the fall of the house of usher’ .

initialy , don ' t know of one another in the adapted film . instead , the traveler comes to

in the first story , but is alive throughout most of the film . either way , madaline was the

cameraman greg nelson explains how the house production team used a drone to capture parliament house from a unique perspective .

poe creates a sensation of claustrophobia in this story . the narrator is mysteriously trapped by the lure of roderick’s attraction , and he cannot escape until the house of usher collapses completely . characters cannot move and act freely in the house because of its structure , so it assumes a monstrous character of its own—the gothic mastermind that controls the fate of its inhabitants . poe , creates confusion between the living things and inanimate objects by doubling the physical house of usher with the genetic family line of the usher family , which he refers to as the house of usher . poe employs the word “house” metaphorically , but he also describes a real house . not only does the narrator get trapped inside the mansion , but we learn also that this confinement describes the biological fate of the usher family . the family has no enduring branches , so all genetic transmission has occurred incestuously within the domain of the house . the peasantry confuses the mansion with the family because the physical structure has effectively dictated the genetic patterns of the family .

most readers of edgar allan poe’s short story , “the fall of the house of usher” , will notice some obvious changes in roger corman’s movie , the fall of the house of usher . in the film , philip winthrop traveled to the house of usher , a grim mansion surrounded by a tarn , for his fiancée madeline usher . madeline ' s brother roderick opposed philip ' s intentions of getting married to madeline and taking her back to boston with him . he told phillip that the usher family is afflicted by a cursed bloodline which made all their ancestors mad , criminals , etc . he did not want the evils to spread through madeline and phillips “future children” . philip felt that he could not see madeline and himself endure much more , so he finally convinced madeline

" the ballad of narayama " is a japanese film of great beauty and elegant artifice , telling a story of startling cruelty . what a space it opens…

this is a vastly underseen film , and in my opinion , this film is a gothic horror classic , and i think this should be on a few more film / media / literature professors ' syllabuses . this may be corman ' s best work with price .

not necessarily mean that all of his stories depict evil . in the case of “the fall of the house of usher” , for example , it was not evil that caused the mansion to collapse . it was fear and insanity . fear of a long , poisoned direct ancestry that haunts the living descendants each day , and the unhealthy mental mind of a product of that lineage , is what figuratively ended the house of usher , not evil . additionally , the mental disorder that paranoid roderick usher led to his believe in the being of plants…

as a fan of edgar allan poe , it was fun to see vincent price bring roderick usher to life in this atmospheric roger corman film . it ' s interesting that . . .

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edgar allan poe ' s stories are in the public domain . you can read " the fall of the house of usher " on numerous websites , such as here or here .

spared by the adaptation : in the story roderick and madeline fall down dead together and the house collapses around them . in this film madeline takes roderick by the arm and pretty much drags him out of the house before it collapses .

it ' s not precisely the edgar allan poe short story that emerges in house of usher , but it ' s a reasonably diverting and handsomely mounted variation .

there were many plot changes in the film version . secondary characters were dropped , the cast of dinosaurs . . .

we had long meetings with the big cheeses of parliament — the presiding officers , the clerks of the senate and the house of representatives , the usher of the black rod , the serjeant - at - arms , the head of the department of parliamentary services and so on .

old dark house : the super - creepy usher mansion , way out on the moors , that no one wants to take allan to .

a parody of a contemporary film program , it included photos of film stars and poems by adoring film fans , with epstein’s essays the feature presentation . his writings praised the american close - up and the capacity of a split second of film to convey drama , tragedy , or comedy . he lamented the current state of french films , calling them “albums of poses and catalogues of décor . ” his sister marie had meanwhile written to filmmaker germaine dulac , asking her advice on becoming an actress . soon , the epstein siblings were in paris .

the film is riddled with strangeness and decay , which more than compensate for its clunky moments .

an expressionistic film based on poe ' s story , about a murderer and his mental breakdown .

jackson , the haunting of hill house , 34 , 40 , 106 - 107 .

myrna fahey , mark damon and vincent price in roger corman ' s the fall of the house of usher : ‘made in 15 days for less than $ 300 , 000’ . photograph : allstar

i can ' t believe that this film isn ' t required viewing for all film students . i also can ' t believe its so obscure . this is a work of art . probably the best example of german expressionism that one can find .

evil detecting dog : not even animals will approach the usher house , as shown in one scene where allan approaches a dog and it scurries away .

the house and the ushers one of the central themes underlying the short story , the fall of the house of usher , is that of the nature of the house . the way it is described and the way it is so mysterious . another central theme about this story is the nature of the people that live in the house . they are portrayed very much in the same manner throughout the story . thus , they have several similarities with each other . all of which are of a bad feeling , showing how bad things are for the people…

no human eye can isolate the unhappy coincidence of line and place which suggest evil in the face of a house .

as , the tale that was read to mr . usher towards the end of the short story , made a

in the story , madeline was barely mentioned or known of until the end . in the film , she was a critical character and essential to the plot of the movie . the foreshadowing in the film was much more predictable than in the short story because it was easier for the viewers to see and feel what was coming next . after viewing the film , readers still felt that the book painted a broader picture because of poe’s use of descriptive detail . throughout the film , there was a strong sense of anticipation and excitement which added to the suspense of the plot .

story : falling squarely into the arabesque camp , the fall of the house of usher is a gothic horror parable par excellence . the unnamed narrator is summoned by a childhood friend , roderick usher . on arrival at usher ' s gloomy residence , he finds his host near breakdown , and his sister madeline apparently on the verge of death . usher reports that madeline has died , but finally confesses that he buried his sister alive . madeline briefly reappears , and the house itself , seemingly a living , sentient presence , collapses as the narrator makes his escape .

an aging schlock film director tries to make his final movie , but it won ' t be easy .

top left : the haunting of hill house , first edition , 1959 . top right : poster for the movie version of the book . bottom : shirley jackson , plan of the ground floor of hill house , ca . 1958 . [ image via library of congress ]

‘it is not everyone who can put ‘a good thing’ properly together , ’ wrote edgar allan poe in an essay ‘on unity of effect’ in the southern literary messenger in june 1836 . roger corman’s 1960 film the fall of the house of usher ( or ‘house of usher’ , as it was released in the usa ) was the first in the director’s series of poe adaptations for american international pictures , and critical opinion tends to rank the later films , such as masque of the red death , more highly . nonetheless usher , presented here in its original aspect ratio in arrow’s beautifully restored blu - ray version , shows that corman knew what he was doing from the beginning . the film’s flaws , such as they are , ensured that the film was given a mixed reception on release but since then its reputation has grown in stature ( the benefit of hindsight comes into play here of course , since we can now see the film as part one of a series and forgive its more obvious missteps ) and this edition , extremely well presented and accompanied by an interesting and informative selection of extras can only further enhance corman’s reputation even if , in the final analysis , the film as a whole falls short of being an out and out masterpiece .

a young doctor visits the secluded home of his ailing mentor - eric usher - who believes the house itself is alive and plotting to drive him insane , manifesting itself through ghostly apparitions .

much shorter less , dramatic instances . the story read to mr . usher was an element

house of usher is based on the short story , the fall of the house of usher , by american horror writer edgar allan poe [ 1809 - 1849 ] . the story was first published in burton ' s gentleman ' s magazine in september 1839 and was slightly revised before being included in a collection of his fiction entitled tales of the grotesque and arabesque in 1840 . the story was adapted for this movie by another american fantasy / horror writer richard matheson .

edgar allen poe , “the fall of the house of usher , ” in philip van doren stern , ed . , the portable poe ( new york : penguin books , 1977 ) , 245 , 247 , 257 .

let the past burn : the ushers seem freed at the end by the collapse of their house .

the physiotherapeutic jill michaelson ( izabella miko ) has difficulties to date since her beloved rick usher ( austin nichols ) and his twin sister maddy ( danielle mccarthy ) left her without giving any explanation . out of the blue , rick calls her to tell that maddy has died . jill decides to travel to the house of usher to attend the funeral of maddy , who was her best friend in college and saved her life , and has a cold reception of the housekeeper mrs . thatcher ( beth grant ) . when jill is leaving the house , rick invites her to have dinner and tells that maddy and he have neurasthenia and is hyper - sensitive . the love is rekindled and rick asks her to stay until the next weekend . along the days , jill makes love with rick and is haunted by the ghost of maddy . sooner she discovers the dark secret of the cursed family usher . " the house of usher " is another version of the short story of edgar allan poe . the screenplay develops the drama and romance of jill in a very slow pace but the resolution when jill finds the bonds in the usher family is rushed and confused . the polish izabella miko shines in this film and i look forward to see her again . my vote is four . title ( brazil ) : " o mistério da casa dos usher " ( " the mystery of the house of the usher " )

symbolism of “the fall of the house of usher” in “the fall of the house of usher” edgar allan poe creates a setting that expresses how miscommunication and unstable relationships can cause to the fall of many . before the story formally begins , a quote from de beranger is introduced as the introduction that states “son coeur est un luth suspend ; sitot qu’on le touche il resonne” . this quote is french , which translates to “his heart is like a suspended lute ; when it is touched it resonates . ” in…

backstory asked annabel crabb about what was involved in producing the six - part series the house , which takes the viewer inside areas of parliament house which are usually off limits .

likewise , the poem " the haunted palace , " which poe places almost exactly in the center of the story , is similar to the house of usher in that some " evil things " are there influencing its occupants in the same way that roderick usher , the author of the poem seems to be haunted by some unnamed " evil things . " after he has finished reading the poem , usher offers another of his bizarre views ; this time , he muses on the possibility that vegetables and fungi are sentient beings — that is , that they are conscious and capable of having feelings of their own . he feels that the growth around the house of usher has this peculiar ability to feel and sense matters within the house itself . this otherworldly atmosphere enhances poe ' s already grimly threatening atmosphere .

film - makers : roger corman ( b1926 ) started his film career as a messenger boy at twentieth century fox in 1948 , before starting to direct his own films in the mid - 1950s . beginning with apache woman ( 1955 ) , corman forged a relationship with independent producers samuel z arkoff and james h nicholson , and turned out huge numbers of cheap " exploitation " films . for house of usher , the film ' s original , more horror - movie - ish title , corman spent $ 270 , 000 , almost three times his usual budget . he could thus afford to hire vincent price , who had shot to horror movie fame in house of wax ( 1953 ) .

three years after her lover , rick usher , and her best friend , maddy usher , had suddenly disappeared from her life without explanation , jill masters receives a phone call with news of . . . see full summary »

like so many of poe ' s stories , the setting here is inside a closed environment . from the time the unnamed narrator enters the house of usher until the end of the story when he flees in terror , the entire story is boxed within the confines of the gloomy rooms on an oppressive autumn day where every object and sound is attenuated to the over - refined and over - developed sensitivities of roderick usher .

the narrator tells us that he fled from the chamber and from the entire mansion and , at some distance , he turned to look back in the light of the " full , setting and blood - red moon " ( emphasis mine ) and saw the entire house of usher split at the point where there was a zigzag fissure and watched as the entire house sank into the " deep and dank tarn " which covered , finally , the " fragments of the ' house of usher . ' " there are more varying interpretations of this story than there are of almost any of poe ' s other works . for some of the widely differing interpretations , the reader should consult the volume twentieth - century interpretations of poe ' s " fall of the house of usher . " one key to the story is , of course , the name of the main character . an usher is someone who lets one in or leads one in . thus , the narrator is ushered into the house by a bizarre - looking servant , and he is then ushered into roderick usher ' s private apartment and into his private thoughts . finally , usher also means doorkeeper , and as they had previously ushered lady madeline prematurely into her tomb , at the end of the story lady madeline stands outside the door waiting to be ushered in ; failing that , she ushers herself in and falls upon her brother .

was epstein’s last to court the avant - garde and his penultimate silent . widely praised , the film was considered by many critics to be , in the words of henri langlois , “not only the ultimate expression of ten years of experimentation but their justification . ” still , the film had its detractors . surrealist poet robert desnos decried

there are times when i think that of all the genres , the horror film most misses silence . the western benefited from dialogue , and musicals and film noir are unthinkable without words . but in a classic horror film , almost anything you can say will be superfluous or ridiculous . notice how carefully the draculas of talkies have to choose their words to avoid bad laughs . the perfect horror situation is such that there is nothing you can say about it . what words are necessary in " the pit and the pendulum " ? " the fall of the house of usher " resides within its sealed world , as if - - yes , as if buried alive .

dr . alan harker receives an invitation and arrives at the house of his former professor at the prague university , roderic usher , who lives with his housekeeper helen in an old castle . dr . usher is insane , living with ghosts , and invites his former student harker to proceed with his research . he tells to harker that when his daughter melissa died many years ago , he had developed a means to reanimate her using the blood of prostitutes . along many years , dr . usher and his assistant morpho kidnapped and killed many young women to keep melissa alive . but when harker meets dr . seward , who is the doctor of dr . usher , he explains that dr . usher is delusional . what is the truth about dr . usher and his secret ?

in the nursery ' s latest silent film project - the fall of the house of usher - jean epstein & luis bunuel ' s 1928 interpretation of edgar allan poe ' s classic tale of paranoia and suspense . in the nursery ' s new score is the 8th in their optical music series , a repertoire of work dating from 1996 and including landmark titles such as the cabinet of dr caligari , man with a movie camera and the passion of joan of arc . in the nursery ' s new score incorporates sound design along with more traditional instrumentation ( inc . shruti box & sansula ) to encompass the gothic nature of epstein and bunuel ' s avante - garde vision . with haunting , and at times stunning , imagery , this movie really is film as art and in the nursery ' s score helps to reinforce the art of film . film synopsis as his beloved wife madeleine succumbs to a mysterious illness , sir roderick usher invites his old friend allan to his castle for support . he arrives to find roderick consumed with completing a painting of madeline , something that seems to draw the life out of her with every brush stroke he makes . once the picture is finished , madeline collapses , and her physician confirms she is dead . after a solemn funeral , a ghostly presence invades the house of usher… cinema’s first true gothic horror .

surging , gorgeous , expansive music from this leeds combo designed to accompany a film following three years in the band’s life .

left : paperback edition of anne river siddons , the house next door , published in 1978 . right : still from the 2006 lifetime movie of the house next door , showing architect kim dougherty standing before his creation .

usher " , wasn ' t about to break that tradition . though there were many simalarities , there

09 . the vault ( 2 : 36 ) 10 . the ancestors ( 2 : 58 ) 11 . house of evil ( 4 : 53 ) 12 . catalepsy ( 4 : 13 ) 13 . pallbearers ( 2 : 03 ) 14 . buried alive ( 8 : 14 ) 15 . fall of the house of usher ( 13 : 50 )

poe ' s the fall of the house of usher in poe ' s , ' the fall of the house of usher , ' roderick usher is the main protagonist , he is a male , an outcast ( as he doesn ' t seem to have many friends ) , part villain ( as he buried his sister alive ) and also part victim ( as he suffers from an illness which makes him allergic to most everyday things ) and is descended from an incestuous family . the story is like all other gothic stories , it has an emphasis on horror , old - fashioned settings…

i bought a second - hand super - 8 film back in the 70 ' s , thinking it would be an extract from a hammer film . but it was this film , with no sound track . i thought it was wonderful then and i still do now - especially when i used to project it onto a large screen in a darkened room . after trying several pieces of music , i found a track from tangerine dream ' s force majeure album that seemed to fit perfectly . i did a home - striping job on the film ( i still have nightmares about home - striping ) and added the music . i ' ll have to dig the film and my projector out to find which track it was . i do wish there was a good copy of the film available on dvd .

in the tradition of edgar allen poe join the usher family as they descend into madness . set in the 1880s a traveler returns to the usher mansion to try to reconnect with his childhood friends and find out what killed his sister .

i found it to be very interesting . a great deaprture from the normal film - making style of the 20 ' s and 30 ' s , and a wonderful piece of expressionism .

demonstrate their style , technique , and knowledge of writing fundamentals . in the short stories , " the lottery " and " the fall of the house of usher " written by jackson and poe respectively , the authors depend heavily upon the settings within each story to enhance or explore elements such as mood , atmosphere , conflict , and theme . jackson ' s " the lottery " takes place in small town middle america , while poe ' s " the fall of the house of usher " presumably takes place in the countryside or suburbs of the eastern seaboard…

welcome to the last theater on the left ' s presentation of the 1928 silent film version of edgar allan poe ' s " the fall of the house of usher . " this is the american version created by js watson jr and melville webber . this presentation includes the film in its entirety . in addition , i have created a short introduction which includes some of the history behind the making of the film . i have created a new soundtrack for the film which includes tracks from urltoken and incompetech . com . music : rising game , spider eyes , and interloper by kevin mcleod ( incompetech . com ) licensed under creative commons : by attribution 3 . 0 urltoken ofelia ' s dream and sad day by urltoken licensed under creative commons : by attribution - no derivs 3 . 0 urltoken all video used in this presentation is believed to be in the public domain .

an unnamed narrator approaches the house of usher on a “dull , dark , and soundless day . ” this house—the estate of his boyhood friend , roderick usher —is gloomy and mysterious . the narrator observes that the house seems to have absorbed an evil and diseased atmosphere from the decaying trees and murky ponds around it . he notes that although the house is decaying in places—individual stones are disintegrating , for example—the structure itself is fairly solid . there is only a small crack from the roof to the ground in the front of the building . he has come to the house because his friend roderick sent him a letter earnestly requesting his company . roderick wrote that he was feeling physically and emotionally ill , so the narrator is rushing to his assistance . the narrator mentions that the usher family , though an ancient clan , has never flourished . only one member of the usher family has survived from generation to generation , thereby forming a direct line of descent without any outside branches . the usher family has become so identified with its estate that the peasantry confuses the inhabitants with their home .

three years after her lover , rick usher , and her best friend , maddy usher , had suddenly disappeared from her life without explanation , jill masters receives a phone call with news of maddy ' s death . her last wish was for jill to attend her funeral . conflicted , jill returns to the house of usher , a remote new england enclave . her love affair with rick is rekindled as she learns he suffers from the same malady that robbed his twin sister , maddy , of her sharp mind before taking her life . his affliction is manifested in a rare nerve condition , which renders him hyper - sensitive . under the watchful eye of the caretaker , nurse thatcher , jill appears to be haunted by the ghost of maddy , and the secret of the house of usher is exposed

i was struck , watching the film recently on a new dvd , by how completely it engaged me . some silent films hold you outside : you admire them , but are aware of them as a phenomenon . with " the fall of the house of usher , " i barely stirred during the film ' s 66 - minute running time . a tone , an atmosphere , was created that actually worked . as with " nosferatu , " the film seemed less a fiction than the realization of some phantasmagoric alternative reality . epstein ' s openness to the grand gesture is helpful , as when madeline is in her coffin , and her white bridal veil spills outside and blows in the wind .

in the fall of the house of usher , edgar allan poe writes of a sickly brother and sister that live in an old estate , and a narrator’s account of the ushers’ final days . the story is scary on two different levels . the first and most obvious that is noticed just by reading on the surface is the creepy atmosphere of the house and death of the main characters . poe makes this level of scariness very accessible by the diction and imagery that he uses . the second level of scariness is the psychological…

‘some silent films hold you outside : you admire them , but are aware of them as a phenomenon . with the fall of the house of usher , i barely stirred . a tone , an atmosphere , was created that actually worked…less a fiction than the realization of some phantasmagoric alternative reality . ’ – roger ebert”

the three versions of the film have completely different plots . in the original cut , usher is a old killer tormented by the ghosts of his victims ; in the second version , usher is a supernatural being who needs human blood to stay alive ; finally , in the third version , he was turned into a mad scientist who kidnaps village girls and use their blood to keep his daughter melissa alive .

a traveller arrives at the usher mansion to find that the sibling inhabitants , roderick and madeline usher , are living under a mysterious family curse : roderick ' s senses have become . . . see full summary »

" during the whole of a dull , dark , and soundless day in the autumn of the year , when the clouds hung oppressively low in the heavens , 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 . "

cast : vincent price ( roderick usher ) , mark damon ( philip winthrop ) , myrna fahey ( madeline usher ) , harry ellerbe ( bristol ) , eleanor lefaber , ruth oklander , geraldine paulette ( ghosts ) .

lighter and softer : in the poe story roderick and madeline are siblings , and there is loads of incest subtext . in this film , they are husband and wife .

part 7 : ( white house , morning ) the cabinet meeting includes a discussion of the attack on fort fisher / wilmington , nc and then turns to a discussion of the proposed thirteenth amendment that includes vigorous objections from secretary of interior john usher and a lengthy defense of the abolition amendment and his wartime emancipation policies by president lincoln .

well , thanks , now everytime my house makes a screatch noise or when i hear something , i can ' t help but think my house is plotting something against me .

corman’s film implied that the house itself was the monster . viewers saw this throughout the film , by the objects falling mysteriously , the houses’ constant trembling , the eerie sounds etc . the role of the narrator was eliminated in the film , so the viewers had to make conclusions and descriptions based on what the viewers might have seen . this is a challenging task because the viewers were so caught up in the movie that the viewers might have not noticed a few things which would have otherwise been explained and described in the short story . in the short story roderick asked for phillip , through a letter . roderick was sick and wanted comfort and company . poe’s story was captivating and creepy but corman changed the story and made madeline and phillip lovers . the story and the film both depicted the siblings’ illness the same way . the film also implied that roderick may have viewed philip as a romantic rival , which suggested an incestuous relationship between madeline and roderick . they were not regarded as twins in the film and were not at all similar . in the film , phillip was preoccupied with madeline and fear . in the story , he spent most of his time reading , painting , and listening to roderick’s music . his whole purpose of being there was to cheer roderick up . in the story , madeline was barely mentioned or known of until the end . in the film , she was a critical character and essential to the plot of the movie . the foreshadowing in the film was much more

two modern additions to the film also enhance it . instead of replacing the original french titles and their boldly stylized calligraphy , this version uses the voice of actor jean - pierre aumont to read them in english . the effect is that the titles are as real as the film , and aumont is standing outside of it , next to us , confiding the horror they contain .

this adaptation of edgar allen poe ' s terrifying gothic tale of the last members of the ancient race of the ushers features the work of roger corman and vincent price .

we wanted to be able to film the opening of all the doors of parliament so you can see straight through from front to back ( a design feature hardly ever witnessed now due to security reasons ) .

a traveller arrives at the usher mansion to visit his old friend , roderick usher . upon arriving , however , he discovers that roderick and his sister , madeline , have been afflicted with a . . . see full summary »

katie valdesuso november 30 , 2010 engl 439 prof . allan r . life the evocation of terror in edgar allan poe’s the fall of the house of usher in his philosophy of composition , edgar allan poe informs us that he begins writing with “the consideration of an effect” ( 430 ) . most of poe’s poetry and fiction exemplifies his assertion that a preconceived effect upon a reader is undoubtedly fundamental to his creative work . poe’s tales of terror in particular epitomize the supremacy of his craft…

the sickly decadence and claustrophobia of the usher household is admirably evoked by floyd crosby ' s ' scope photography and daniel haller ' s art direction .

the occupants of the house are roderick usher and his young wife , madeline . in the original story by edgar allen poe , they were brother and sister , but the implication of incest has been removed by epstein , who explains with a title card that the men of the house of usher have all been obsessed with painting their wives . roderick is consumed with fear that his wife will die , and no less fearful that she will be buried alive . does he hope that his portrait will transfer her essence to a form that will live forever ?

roderick usher : i suggest you leave , mr . winthrop . no ? then perish with us . see more »

epstein ' s assistant director on the film was young luis bunuel , who had just finished his notorious collaboration with salvador dali on " un chein andalou , " a boldly surrealist film . did he contribute to this film ' s weirdness ? no doubt , although epstein was a surrealist himself and the underlying story itself is less interested in psychological plausibility than in the creepiness and oddness of its immediate impression . ( bunuel eventually quit after a quarrel with epstein . )

a traveller arrives at the usher mansion to visit his old friend , roderick usher . upon arriving , however , he discovers that roderick and his sister , madeline , have been afflicted with a mysterious malady : roderick ' s senses have become painfully acute , while madeline has become nearly catatonic . that evening , roderick tells his guest of an old usher family curse : any time there has been more than one usher child , all of the siblings have gone insane and died horrible deaths . as the days wear on , the effects of the curse reach their terrifying climax .

( 1926 ) , which was also luis buñuel’s first film credit . among his commissioned works , epstein also further explored cinematic impressionism in his films ,

. he died of a stroke in early april , 1953 , having just turned 56 years old . that same year henri langlois arranged a tribute to him at the cannes film festival .

by victoria price , arkoff said , " roger had an answer . . . ' the house is the monster ! can ' t you see it ? it ' s the house ! ' . . . in the middle of shooting , roger made sure he had covered his bases . he asked vincent price to utter a couple of lines that he had written into the script at the last minute - ' the house lives ! the house breathes ! ' "

poe next sets up a sense of the " double " or the ironic reversal when he has the narrator first see the house of usher as it is reflected in the " black and lurid tarn " ( a dark and gruesome , revolting mountain lake ) which surrounds it . the image of the house , you should note , is upside down . at the end of the story , the house of usher will literally fall into this tarn and be swallowed up by it . and even though poe said in his critical theories that he shunned symbolism , he was not above using it if such symbolism contributed to his effect . here , the effect is electric with mystery ; he says twice that the windows of the house are " eyelike " and that the inside of the house has become a living " body " while the outside has become covered with moss and is decaying rapidly . furthermore , the ultimate fall of the house is caused by an almost invisible crack in the structure , but a crack which the narrator notices ; symbolically , this is a key image . also central to this story is that fact that roderick and the lady madeline are twins . this suggests that when he buries her , he will widen the crack , or fissure , between them . this crack , or division , between the living and the dead will be so critical that it will culminate ultimately in the fall of the house of usher .

after a long journey , philip arrives at the usher mansion seeking his loved one , madeline . upon arriving , however , he discovers that madeline and her brother roderick usher have been afflicted with a mysterious malady : roderick ' s senses have become painfully acute , while madeline has become catatonic . that evening , roderick tells his guest of an old usher family curse : any time there has been more than one usher child , all of the siblings have gone insane and died horrible deaths . as the days wear on , the effects of the curse reach their terrifying climax . written by jean - marc rocher and nina

but shooting something like the house , it ' s all a bit more up in the air .

this film set the template for the poe - corman - price series with its literate script , corman ' s effective direction , price ' s immersive emoting and brilliant employment of light and color .

it is possible that poe wanted us to imagine that when usher tries to get rid of that other part of himself , the twin half , he is , in effect , signing his own death warrant . certainly at the end of the story , lady madeline falls upon him in an almost vampire - like sucking position and the two of them are climactically , totally one , finally united in the light of the full moon , by which the narrator is able to see the tumultuous fall of the house of usher . ( the full moon , of course , is a traditional prop for stories of this sort ; that is , one finds it in all gothic , ghostly , and vampire - type stories . )

at last ! world premiere release of intense , evocative les baxter score for famous roger corman debut in series of edgar allan poe tales starring vincent price , filmed for american international in evocatively - colored widescreen . while original session elements have long - since vanished , complete music tracks mixed into mono and assembled for film do remain . slight variances in levels designed for later addition of dialog & effects in post - production could not be completely avoided but have been minimized during mastering of this cd . as a result , most cues have identical assemblies of film itself , albeit happily without dialog or effects ! ( we edited together short pieces to create better musical experience . ) every cue appears ! rare music - only elements survive courtesy mgm vaults , efforts of taylor white of percepto records . neat bonus ! mgm commissioned chace productions to restore long - lost original " overture " , previously heard only with initial 1960 release of film in theaters . chace provided newly - restored master to intrada for this cd premiere as well ! les baxter creates sometimes beautifully evocative , sometimes intensely scary score with some of his most striking and exciting music in a lengthy and successful career . film itself was later re - titled the fall of the house of usher . les baxter conducts . intrada special collection release limited to 1200 copies !

allan visits the sinister usher family mansion , where his friend roderick is painting a portrait of his sickly wife madeline . the portrait seems to be draining the life out of madeline , slowly leading to her death .

part 2 : ( white house interior , nighttime ) the second scene opens with a visualization of one of lincoln’s recent dreams . abraham & mary lincoln are then seen inside mrs . lincoln’s white house boudoir , discussing the dream and other subjects , including the possibility of a new push for the proposed thirteenth amendment , abolishing slavery .

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as roderick usher explains that he has not left the house in many years and that his only companion has been his beloved sister , the lady madeline , we are startled by poe ' s unexpectedly introducing her ghostly form far in the distance . suddenly , while roderick is speaking , madeline passes " slowly through a remote portion of the apartment " and disappears without ever having noticed the narrator ' s presence . no doctor has been able to discover the nature of her illness — it is " a settled apathy , a gradual wasting away of the person " in a " cataleptical " state ; that is , lady madeline cannot respond to any outside stimuli . the narrator then tells us that nevermore will he see her alive . of course , then , the question at the end of the story is : was the lady madeline ever alive ? or is the narrator deceiving the reader by this statement ? roderick usher and the narrator speak no more of the lady madeline ; they pass the days reading together or painting , and yet usher continues to be in a gloomy state of mind . we also learn that one of usher ' s paintings impresses the narrator immensely with its originality and its bizarre depiction : it is a picture of a luminous tunnel or vault with no visible outlet . this visual image is symbolic of what will happen later ; it suggests both the vault that usher will put his sister into and also the maelstrom that will finally destroy the house of usher .