Yesterday marked the birthday of Edgar Allan Poe.
Here's a short silent film based on his "The Cask of the Amontillado" from 1909, directed by D. W. Griffith and featuring Arthur V. Johnson, Marion Leonard, and Henry B. Waltall.
Actually, it takes more from Honore de Balzac's "La Grande Breteche" than from Poe's story, but who's complaining?
Enjoy this eleven-minute film from the early days of cinema.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WCS2HhFoL5M
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