The Raven

The Raven (1915)

Released: 1915-11-08 Duration: 1hr 20min
Genres: Drama Horror Fantasy
Rating 6.5

Overview

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.

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Additional Info

Budget $0.00
Revenue $0.00
Original Language en
Popularity 0.592

Directed By

Charles Brabin

TOP CAST

Henry B. Walthall
Henry B. Walthall

Edgar Allan Poe

Warda Howard
Warda Howard

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

Ernest Maupain
Ernest Maupain

John Allan

Eleanor Thompson
Eleanor Thompson

Mrs. Allan

Marian Skinner
Marian Skinner

Mrs. Clemm (as Marion Skinner)

Grant Foreman
Grant Foreman

George Graham

Hugh Thompson
Hugh Thompson

David Poe Jr (as Hugh E. Thompson)

Peggy Meredith
Peggy Meredith

Mrs. Hopkins Poe

Billy Robinson
Billy Robinson

Joseph Reed

Charles Harris
Charles Harris

Mr. Pelham (as Charles K. Harris)

Frank Hamilton
Frank Hamilton

David Poe Sr

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