
The Raven
Drama · Horror · Fantasy
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.
Top Cast


Henry B. Walthall
Henry B. Walthall
Edgar Allan Poe
Henry B. Walthall
Edgar Allan Poe


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


Ernest Maupain
Ernest Maupain
John Allan
Ernest Maupain
John Allan
Eleanor Thompson
Eleanor Thompson
Mrs. Allan
Eleanor Thompson
Mrs. Allan
Marian Skinner
Marian Skinner
Mrs. Clemm (as Marion Skinner)
Marian Skinner
Mrs. Clemm (as Marion Skinner)


Harry Dunkinson
Harry Dunkinson
Tony
Harry Dunkinson
Tony
Grant Foreman
Grant Foreman
George Graham
Grant Foreman
George Graham


Hugh Thompson
Hugh Thompson
David Poe Jr (as Hugh E. Thompson)
Hugh Thompson
David Poe Jr (as Hugh E. Thompson)
Peggy Meredith
Peggy Meredith
Mrs. Hopkins Poe
Peggy Meredith
Mrs. Hopkins Poe
Billy Robinson
Billy Robinson
Joseph Reed
Billy Robinson
Joseph Reed
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