Fall of the House of Usher, The (1950)
Date: 1950
Director: Ivan Barnett
Production Company: G. I. B.
Stars: Gwendoline Watford, Kaye Tendeter, Irving Steen
Location(s): Sussex (Studio)
Region(s): South East E-L
Storyline:
A Lord and his sister suffer from a curse brought upon them by their father which will cause them both to die before they reach thirty.
Additional Information:
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The film opens at the Gresham Club, where the Edgar Allen Poe story is told to a group of Friends by one of their number . . .
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On a damp depressing autumn afternoon, Jonathan makes his way to the House of Usher.
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The boyhood friend to Lord Roderick Usher approaches the melancholy building before a sense of insufferable gloom invades his spirit.
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Lady Madeline Usher (Gwendoline Watford) looks down from her window after Jonathan rings the doorbell.
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After hearing of the incomprehensible malady plaguing Lord Usher and his sister, Jonathan is taken to his room where he sleeps soundly.
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To explain the curse of the House of Usher, Dr. Cordwall (Vernon Charles) takes Lord Roderick Usher (Kaye Tendeter) through the marshes and woodlands to a temple built by his ancestors.
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Approaching the temple, the Doctor points to a door that leads to the torture chamber where Lord Usher's father killed his Wife's lover.
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After Dr. Cordwall, Lord Usher and Richard the Gardener attempt to end the curse at the temple, Lady Usher leaves the house.
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Lady Usher calls for Richard before returning to the house where she find her injured brother being attended by the Doctor.
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At the stables, Dr. Cordwall startles Lady Usher after she finds Richard's riding crop.
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Some while later, Lord Usher looks out onto the estate after telling Jonathan that Lady Madeline had died before preparations are made for her entombment.