An Evening of Edgar Allan Poe

An Evening of Edgar Allan Poe (1970) is a 52-minute film which features Vincent Price, in front of a live audience, reciting four of Edgar Allan Poe's stories.

The stories included are: "The Tell-Tale Heart", "The Sphinx", "The Cask of Amontillado" and "The Pit and the Pendulum".

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    The rudiment of verse may, possibly, be found in the spondee.
    Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849)

    The skies they were ashen and sober;
    —Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849)

    In Tsegihi,
    In the house made of dawn,
    In the house made of the evening twilight,
    In the house made of the dark cloud, ...
    Oh, male divinity!
    With your moccasins of dark cloud, come to us.
    —Administration in the State of Ariz, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)

    like a ghastly rapid river,
    Through the pale door
    A hideous throng rush out forever,
    And laugh—but smile no more.
    —Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849)

    The next work of Carlyle will be entitled “Bow-Wow,” and the title-page will have a motto from the opening chapter of the Koran: “There is no error in this Book.”
    —Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1845)