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Wednesday, January 19, 2011

Happy Birthday to POE!


He'd have been 202 today!

Here's the Academy Award-nominated 1953 adaptation of "The Tell-Tale Heart" by UPA Studios, and narrated by James Mason:



Here's a recent, well done video adaptation of "Annabel Lee," though the word "sepulcher" is consistently mispronounced.

4 comments:

  1. Excellent, on my ipod I have Christopher Walken doing the The Raven I believe?

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  2. I had to post these on my Livejournal and Facebook. I especially enjoyed "The Telltale Heart." Thank you, and happy Poe's birthday to you and the Voodoo Queen!

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  3. Cool, Max!

    I had the honor of taking part in a salute to the two "200 year birthday boys" - Abe & Edgar - at 2009's FOTR.

    And speaking of OTR...

    Here's a great SUSPENSE version of "The Pit and the Pendulum" starring Henry Hull and scored by Bernard Herrman:

    http://fan.tcm.com/_Suspense-The-Pit-and-The-Pendulum-CBS-01-12-43-/audio/847270/66470.html?createPassive=true

    (Please give it a little time to load.)

    -Craig

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  4. Masque of the Red Death gives me the creeps every time I read it.

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