Edgar Allan Poe
About Edgar Allan Poe
Virginia Poe is dying in bed when a raven lands on a bust of Pallas. Edgar Allan Poe writes The Raven, fails to sell it at one office, and is paid at a second. He comes home with food and a new blanket and finds she has died while he was out.
Cast & crew
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D.W. Griffith directed and co-wrote the Biograph short with Frank E. Woods. Herbert Yost, billed in some sources as Barry O'Moore, plays Poe, and Linda Arvidson plays Virginia; G.W. Bitzer photographed it. Wikipedia says it was released in February 1909 and that the title was advertised with Allen misspelled; Wikidata lists 7 minutes.
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G. W. Bitzer photographed the Biograph short, including the raven on the bust.
Notes
- Arthur V. Johnson plays a publisher at the first office. Anita Hendrie plays an editor at the second.
- Clara T. Bracy, James Kirkwood, and David Miles are also billed.
- The English Wikipedia page title is Edgar Allen Poe.
Scenes
- The raven lands on the bust and Poe begins the poem.
- He spreads a new blanket and finds Virginia dead.
Also available
- Wikimedia Commons (Edgar Allan Poe (film, 1909).webm)
