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" The Devil and Daniel Webster " (1936) is a short story by American writer Stephen Vincent Benét. He tells of a New Hampshire farmer who sells his soul to the devil and is later defended by a fictionalized Daniel Webster, a noted 19th-century American statesman, lawyer and orator.
- Stephen Vincent Benét
- 1936
The Devil and Daniel Webster is a 1941 American supernatural film based on the 1938 play adaptation of Stephen Vincent Benét's 1936 short story "The Devil and Daniel Webster".
The Devil and Daniel Webster. by. Stephen Vincent Benet. It's a story they tell in the border country, where Massachusetts joins Vermont and New Hampshire. Yes, Dan'l Webster's dead—or, at least, they buried him. But every time there's a thunder storm around Marshfield, they say you can hear his rolling voice in the hollows of the sky.
The Devil and Daniel Webster, American fantasy film, released in 1941, that was based on Stephen Vincent Benét ’s 1937 short story of the same name. The movie is noted for its innovative camera work and Academy Award -winning score.
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The Devil and Daniel Webster: Directed by William Dieterle. With Edward Arnold, Walter Huston, Jane Darwell, Simone Simon. A nineteenth-century New Hampshire farmer makes a pact with Satan for economic success, then enlists famed orator Daniel Webster to extract him from his contract.
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- Drama, Fantasy, Romance
- William Dieterle
- 1941-10-17
“The Devil and Daniel Webster” is narrated as a folktale told in the border country of Vermont, New Hampshire, and Massachusetts, regarding the famous American...
THE DEVIL AND DANIEL WEBSTER by Stephen Vincent Benét, 1937. Primarily a poet, Stephen Vincent Benét won the Pulitzer Prize with his narrative poem of the Civil War, John Brown 's Body.
