The Murders in the Rue Morgue
The Murders in the Rue Morgue
| 31 July 1914 (USA)
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The first film adaption of Edgar Alan Poe's novel.

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Single-Black-Male

Serialization novels have an episodic quality that works well in these silent short subjects. For me, I didn't enjoy Edgar Allan Poe's writings, nor have I enjoyed watching any of his adaptations. I think for short silent films, comedy works better, especially if it is Chaplin or Harold Lloyd.

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