The Loves of Edgar Allan Poe

The Loves of Edgar Allan Poe
Directed by	Harry Lachman
Written by	Bryan Foy
Screenplay by	Samuel Hoffenstein Tom Reed Arthur Caesar
Produced by	Bryan Foy
Starring	Linda Darnell Shepperd Strudwick Virginia Gilmore
Cinematography	Lucien N. Andriot
Edited by	Fred Allen
Music by	David Buttolph Cyril J. Mockridge Alfred Newman
Distributed by	Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation
Release date	August 28, 1942 (1942-08-28)
Running time	67 min.
Country	United States
Language	English

The Loves of Edgar Allan Poe is a 1942 drama film directed by Harry Lachman, starring Linda Darnell and Shepperd Strudwick. It focuses on Edgar Allan Poe's love life.

Cast

• Linda Darnell as Virginia Clemm
• Shepperd Strudwick as Edgar Allan Poe (as John Shepperd)
• Virginia Gilmore as Elmira Royster
• Jane Darwell as Mrs. Mariah Clemm
• Mary Howard as Frances Allan
• Frank Conroy as John Allan
• Harry Morgan as Ebenezer Burling (as Henry Morgan)
• Walter Kingsford as T.W. White
• Morris Ankrum as Mr. Graham
• Skippy Wanders as Poe, age 3
• Freddie Mercer as Poe, age 12
• Erville Alderson as Burke the Schoolmaster
• Peggy McIntyre as Elmira, age 10
• William Bakewell as Hugh Pleasant (as William Bakewell Jr.)
• Frank Melton as Turner Dixon
• Morton Lowry as Charles Dickens
• Gilbert Emery as Thomas Jefferson
• Edwin Stanley as Dr. Moran (as Ed Stanley)
• Francis Ford as Tavern Keeper
• Harry Denny as Kennedy
• Hardie Albright as Shelton

External links

• The Loves of Edgar Allan Poe at IMDb
• The Loves of Edgar Allan Poe at AllMovie
• The Loves of Edgar Allan Poe at the TCM Movie Database
• The Loves of Edgar Allan Poe at the American Film Institute Catalog