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Absinthe (film)

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Absinthe
Film poster
Directed byHerbert Brenon
Written byHerbert Brenon (scenario)
Produced byHerbert Brenon
Carl Laemmle
StarringKing Baggot
Leah Baird
CinematographyWilliam C. Thompson
Production
company
Distributed byUniversal Film Manufacturing Company
Release date
  • January 22, 1914 (1914-01-22) (United States)
Running time
Four reels[1]
CountryUnited States
LanguagesSilent
English intertitles

Absinthe is a 1914 American silent drama film starring King Baggot and Leah Baird and directed by Herbert Brenon. Some sources also credit George Edwardes-Hall as a director.

Overview

A Parisian artist becomes addicted to the liquor absinthe and sinks to robbery and murder.

Cast

  • King Baggot as Jean Dumas
  • Leah Baird as Madame Dumas

References

  1. ^ "Absinthe". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Retrieved March 17, 2013.

External links