The Poe Cinema: A Critical Filmography of Theatrical Releases Based on the Works of Edgar Allan PoeMcFarland & Company, 1999 - 307 Seiten Who can forget haunting tales like The Oblong Box, Murders in the Rue Morgue, The Pit and the Pendulum, and Torture Garden? This is a critical filmography of the 81 features from 13 countries that have adapted the literary works of Edgar Allan Poe. Each entry includes the title of the work, year of release, studio, full cast and credits, running time and a detailed plot synopsis. Production and marketing notes first examine the degree to which the film is faithful to Poe's original work. Pertinent career information for the primary actors and filmmakers, anecdotes and perspectives from the principals, and an overview of the marketing of the movie are next provided. A thorough critical analysis, including contemporary reviews of the film, completes each entry. |
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... Rue Morgue featured a large head of Lugosi and a drawing of an ape reaching for a sleeping young woman . " More wild and weird than ' Dracula ' - More amazing than ' Frankenstein , ' " barked the ads . " This is the ... Rue Morgue , 1932 39.
... Rue Morgue featured a large head of Lugosi and a drawing of an ape reaching for a sleeping young woman . " More wild and weird than ' Dracula ' - More amazing than ' Frankenstein , ' " barked the ads . " This is the ... Rue Morgue , 1932 39.
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... Rue Morgue comes across as one of those maddening films that dot cin- ema history - films that are better in part than as a whole . This is particularly regret- table here where those separate components achieve a brilliance suggestive ...
... Rue Morgue comes across as one of those maddening films that dot cin- ema history - films that are better in part than as a whole . This is particularly regret- table here where those separate components achieve a brilliance suggestive ...
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... Rue Morgue Theatre . At the next performance of a horror play at the Rue Morgue Theatre , Vidocq de- ploys his police around the auditorium to capture Marot . Marot again dons the ape costume and is chased by the police into a street ...
... Rue Morgue Theatre . At the next performance of a horror play at the Rue Morgue Theatre , Vidocq de- ploys his police around the auditorium to capture Marot . Marot again dons the ape costume and is chased by the police into a street ...
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actor Alex Annabel appears Bela Lugosi Black Cat blood Boris Karloff Brunas buried alive cast castle Cinema cinematography coffin Corman-Poe corpse Crespi critical Critique dead directed director doctor Dracula Dupin Edgar Allan Poe Fall fear film's Frankenstein genre Haunted Palace Hessler horror film House of Usher Ibid John kill killer later leave Lenore Leonard Maltin Levana Lon Chaney Lorre Madeline Manfish Masque Mirakle Morella Murders Mystery narrator night Oval Portrait Pendulum performance Peter Cushing picture play Poe films Poe's story poem police Premature Burial pressbook Production and marketing Prospero Raven Red Death returns Richard Robert Roderick Roger Corman role Rue Morgue says scene scream screen screenplay script star tale Tell-Tale Heart tells Terror theme Tomb of Ligeia torture U.S.A. Credits Valdemar vampire Video Hound's Golden Vincent Price Virginia Vollin wife Witchfinder woman York young