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Edgar Allan Poe - D.W. Griffith - 1909, American Mutoscope and Biograph - FLM17879 - OB 685469

D.W. Griffith (1875-1948), 1909, American Mutoscope and Biograph (United States)

Silent

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Title: Edgar Allan Poe

Type: Silent / black and white

Running time: 08:23

Screenwriter: Frank E. Woods (1860 – 1939)

Cast: Linda Arvidson (poet's wife), Arthur V. Johnson, Charles G. Perley, Herbert Yost (the poet)

Camera: G.W. Bitzer

Format: 35mm / 150 m

Literature: American Film Institute catalog of motion pictures produced in the United States (The) : film beginnings, 1893-1910 : a work in progress / comp. by Elias Savada. Metuchen [etc.] : Scarecrow, cop. 1995, p. 298.

Melodrama about a poet who tries to sell his verses in order to care for his ailing wife. The wife of a poet is seriously ill. When a raven flies inside, the poet writes a poem about it. He then tries to sell his poems to help take care of his sick wife. After being rejected several times, he finally sells his poem. Thrilled, the writer returns to his wife with a basketful of groceries, but he is too late: his wife has died. Inspiration for this film: Poe's poem The Raven.

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Licence or status: Public domain, as the Wikimedia Commons states it.
Rights statement: Public domain
Credit: D.W. Griffith (1875-1948), 1909, American Mutoscope and Biograph (United States)
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