The Raven

Synopsis

After a brief view of Edgar Allan Poe's family background, his grandfather, David Poe, Sr., an Irish immigrant to America, and his father, David Poe, Jr., the poet's life is depicted from the death of his mother and his subsequent adoption by John Allan, to his own tortured death in 1849. Expelled from the University of Virginia for incurring too many debts, Poe nonetheless courts and marries Virginia Clemm but is disowned by his foster father. While residing in Fordham, New York, Poe tries to earn a living as a writer but meets with little financial success. Overwhelmed by their impoverished state, Virginia dies and Poe sinks into a profound depression. Always a victim of alcohol and subject to hallucinations, Poe first imagines that his neighbor, Helen Whitman, is Virginia, then plunges himself into an elaborate delusion in which his wife's spirit, various other spectres and a raven finally drive him to his own death.

Main Cast

Henry B. Walthall

Edgar Allan Poe

Age : 58 | Popularity : 7%

Warda Howard

Virginia Clemm / Helen Whitman / The Lost Lenore / A Spirit

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Ernest Maupain

John Allan

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Eleanor Thompson

Mrs. Allan

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Marian Skinner

Mrs. Clemm (as Marion Skinner)

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Harry Dunkinson

Tony

Age : 59 | Popularity : 3%

Grant Foreman

George Graham

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Hugh Thompson

David Poe Jr (as Hugh E. Thompson)

Age : 136 | Popularity : 4%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Directing	Director	Charles Brabin
Writing	Writer	Charles Brabin
	Short Story	Edgar Allan Poe
	Novel	George Cochran Hazelton
Department	Role	Name

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