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The Loves of Edgar Allan Poe

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Original title

Year

1942

Running time

67 min.

Country

United States

Director

Harry Lachman

Screenwriter

Arthur Caesar, Samuel Hoffenstein, Bryan Foy, Tom Reed

Cast

Music

David Buttolph, Cyril J. Mockridge, Alfred Newman

Cinematography

Lucien N. Andriot (B&W)

Producer

20th Century Fox

Genre

Drama | Biography

Synopsis

Edgar Allen Poe led an unhappy childhood, broken only by the unceasing devotion of his foster mother, Mrs. Frances Allan, whose loving ministrations gave him courage to carry out his desire to write. His first love was Elmira Royster, and though she married another while he was at the University of Virginia, he could never purge his thoughts of her and, under the influence of her spell, he poured out the deepest passions of his heart. After a discouraging period during which he was disowned by his foster father and lost his appointment to West Point, he found the love that tamed his restless heart with Virginia Clemm. After he and Virginia married, Poe did his greatest creative work, writing for the Southern Literary Messenger and Graham's Magazine.

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The Loves of Edgar Allan Poe

1942

Harry Lachman