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

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.

- Kind: Short
- Year: 1909
- Runtime: 8 min
- By: D.W. Griffith (1875-1948), 1909, American Mutoscope and Biograph (United States)
- Genres: Silent
- Archive: [Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Edgar_Allan_Poe_-_D.W._Griffith_-_1909,_American_Mutoscope_and_Biograph_-_FLM17879_-_OB_685469.webm)
- Licence or status: Public domain (as the archive states it)
- Credit: D.W. Griffith (1875-1948), 1909, American Mutoscope and Biograph (United States)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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