The Murders in the Rue Morgue
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[Plot information, which comes from copyright records, is incomplete due to deterioration. One part of the copyright records indicated that the film's story follows Poe's except that the amateur detective, "presumably Poe himself" in his story, is called simply "the author" in the scenario.] The author lives in Paris. When Le Bon, the fiancé of the sister of his best friend Dupin becomes innocently embroiled in a murder committed in the Rue Morgue, the author helps to solve the case.
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The only information located concerning this film was a scenario in the copyright descriptions, in which Robert Goodman is listed as having "modernized and directed" the story, whereas in the copyright entry, Sol A. Rosenberg is credited with "adaptation." In 1932, Universal Pictures Corp. produced a film based on this story with the same title, directed by Robert Florey and starring Bela Lugosi. Phantom of the Rue Morgue made by Warner Bros. in 1954, directed by Roy Del Ruth and starring Karl Malden, was from the same source. A 1972 American International Picture production, based on the same story with the same title, was directed by Gordon Hessler and starred Jason Robards.
