Edgar Allan Poe (1909)
Also known as Edgar Allen Poe
1909 · Silent film · 7 min · dir. D.W. Griffith
- Drama
Synopsis
The story, while not biographical, is founded on incidents in his life, showing his devotion for his sick wife, Virginia. Desperate from his utter helplessness to ameliorate his dying wife's suffering, owing to extreme destitution, he is in a frenzy of grief, when a raven is seen to perch on a bust of Pallas above the door of their cold, cheerless apartment. An inspiration! He sets to work, and that masterpiece. "The Raven," is the fruit. During his work he has divested himself of his coat,…
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Details
- Director
- D.W. Griffith
- Writer
- D.W. Griffith
- Cinematography
- Billy Bitzer
- Studio
- American Mutoscope and Biograph Company
- Released
- 1909-02-08
- Running time
- 7 minutes
Cast & crew
D.W. Griffith Director
Barry O'Moore
Linda Arvidson
Clara T. Bracy- Anita Hendrie
Arthur V. Johnson
James Kirkwood
David Miles
Charles Perley
