How Filmmaker Roger Corman brought Poe to the big screen

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Premiered October 30, 2017

How Filmmaker Roger Corman brought Poe to the big screen

Roger Corman discusses some of the challenges he faced in bringing Poe's stories to life.

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Discover the real story of the notorious author, starring Denis O’Hare as Edgar Allan Poe.

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Edgar Allan Poe: Buried Alive - Trailer

How well do you know Edgar Allan Poe? See if you can separate fact from fiction.

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Edgar Allan Poe: The Five Biggest Myths About Poe

In adapting Poe's work for cinema, Roger Corman wanted to emphasize the unconscious mind.

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Filmmaker Roger Corman's dream-like world of Edgar Allan Poe

Author, radio host and American Master Garrison Keillor reads Edgar Allan Poe's "Annabel

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Garrison Keillor reads Edgar Allan Poe's "Annabel Lee"

Edgar Allan Poe's only novel was not well received and is still debated today.

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Hear the story of Edgar Allan Poe's only novel

Filmmaker Eric Stange tells the story of Wally Coberg.

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The story of Wally Coberg

Actor Denis O'Hare and American Masters Executive Producer Michael Kantor discuss the film

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Behind the scenes of "Edgar Allan Poe: Buried Alive"

"There are some secrets which do not permit themselves to be told..."

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Denis O'Hare brings to life "The Man of the Crowd"

Denis O'Hare discusses preparing for the role of Edgar Allan Poe.

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Denis O'Hare on Becoming Poe

After Poe released "The Raven," he became famous for his dramatic readings of the poem.

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Experience Poe's dramatic readings of "The Raven"

Roger Corman's success making "The Fall of the House of Usher" led to a "cyle of Poe"

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Filmmaker Roger Corman on "The Fall of the House of Usher"

Roger Corman discusses some of the challenges he faced in bringing Poe's stories to life.

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How Filmmaker Roger Corman brought Poe to the big screen

Listen to a compilation of Edgar Allan Poe's famous poem "The Raven"

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Mash-up: Edgar Allan Poe's "The Raven"

Denis O'Hare embodies the caricature of a nervous, ranting and raving Poe.

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See inside the mind of a ranting and raving Edgar Allan Poe

Throughout his life, Edgar Allan Poe lost most of the women he loved.

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The Deaths of the Women in Poe's Life

Rufus Griswold, Poe's rival, wrote the obituary that cast him as a lunatic and a madman.

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The fake news behind Edgar Allan Poe's reputation

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