Edgar Allan Poe

A drama about Poe attempting to write The Raven while attending his fatally ill wife, Cast includes Herbert Yost, Linda Arvidson, Charles Perley. Silent film with English intertitles.

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Credits

director

D.W. Griffith

production company

American Mutoscope and Biograph Company

Duration

00:04:33:00

Production places

United States

Production dates

1909

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

319852

Language

English

Subject categories

Drama

Literature → Authors, American

Literature → Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849

Literature → Poets, American - 19th century

People → Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849

People → Poets, American - 19th century

Short films

Short films → Short films - United States

Silent films

Sound/audio

Silent

Colour

Black and White

Holdings

16mm film; Limited Access Print (Section 2)

Wikidata

Q691055

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United States, 1909

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