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Status
Released
Release
1942
Runtime
1h 7m
"Surpassing his startling stories of dark emotions, comes the true drama of his own life and tempestuous loves!"
Biography of Edgar Allan Poe and the women in his life.
25 Cast Members
Linda Darnell
Virginia Clemm
Shepperd Strudwick
Edgar Allan Poe
Virginia Gilmore
Elmira Royster
Jane Darwell
Mariah Clemm
Mary Howard
Frances Allan
Frank Conroy
John Allan
Harry Morgan
Ebenezer Burling
Walter Kingsford
T.W. White
Morris Ankrum
Mr. Graham
William Bakewell
Hugh Pleasant
Francis Ford
Tavern Keeper
Mae Marsh
Mrs. Phillips (uncredited)
Bert Moorhouse
West Point Board Officer (uncredited)
Arthur Shields
Griswald (uncredited)
Skippy Wanders
Poe, age 3
Freddie Mercer
Poe, age 12
Erville Alderson
Burke
Peggy McIntyre
Elmira, age 10
Frank Melton
Turner Dixon
Morton Lowry
Charles Dickens
