Edgar Allan Poe
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...
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"Probably months of Poe's Life are squeezed into just seven minutes by D. W. Griffith in this tribute to the author that was rush-released to coincide with the centenary of his birth - which apparently is the reason for the misspelling of his name in the title. It's a film that's plagued by the usual over-acting, particularly from Barry O'Moore in the title role, but it achieves a level of ironic poignancy in its final scene that is rarely found in early cinema...."
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The earliest known screen portrayal of iconic American gothic writer Edgar Allan Poe.
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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...