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• The Fall of the House of Usher (1928 - 14 Minutes - Silent) Directed by James Sibley Watson, Melville Webber - Starring - Friedrich Haak, Dorthea House, Herbert Stern, Hildegarde Watson, Melville Webber - A prominent family is destroyed by madness. An early USA adaptation of the story by Edgar Allan Poe, this short silent film is heavily influenced by German Expressionism.

• Lot in Sodom (1933 - 28 Minutes - Silent) Directed by James Sibley Watson, Melville Webber - Starring Friedrich Haak, Hildegarde Watson, Dorthea House, Lewis Whitbeck

• Life and Death of a Hollywood Extra (aka Hollywood Extra - Hollywood Rhapsody - Suicide of a Hollywood Extra) (1928 - 13 Minutes - Silent) - Directed by Robert Florey, Slavko Vorkapich - Starring: Voya George, Adriane Marsh, Jules Raucourt - In this short, experimental silent, a man goes to Hollywood with dreams of being a star, but becomes an extra--just a face in the crowd. A number is tatooed on his forehead. He dies and goes to heaven where the number is removed.

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Black and White, DVDR 1928

Starring: Friedrich Haak, Dorthea House, Herbert Stern, Hildegarde Watson, Melville Webber, Voya George, Adriane Marsh, Jules Raucourt, Lewis Whitbeck

Director: James Sibley Watson, Melville Webber, Robert Florey, Slavko Vorkapich

Vendor: NFV
Vendor #: NFV
Medium: Shorts
Our Price: $29.99
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