Actor_Herbert_Yost_(left)_as_Edgar_Allan_Poe_in_1909_Biograph_film.jpg


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English: Screenshot of digital copy of the 1909 Biograph film Edgar Allen Poe in Wikipedia archives; scene portrays Poe trying to sell his poem "The Raven" to a publisher to raise money to buy much-needed medicines and foods for his seriously ill wife Virginia; actors depicted in image (from left): Herbert Yost as Poe, Anita Hendrie portraying an assistant editor, and David Miles as a publisher.
Date Released 8 February 1909
Source Screenshot of Wikipedia’s digital copy (File:Edgar Allan Poe 1909 D W Griffith G W Bitzer.webm) of the 1909 Biograph film '’Edgar Allen Poe"
Author Frame from Biograph Company of New York, 1909; screenshot captured and cropped by Wikipedia contributor Strudjum on April 18, 2021

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Scene in the 1909 Biograph film released as ''Edgar Allen Poe''

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