''Absinthe'' is a 1914 American
silent drama film
In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super ...
starring
King Baggot
William King Baggot (November 7, 1879 – July 11, 1948) was an American actor, film director and screenwriter. He was an internationally famous movie star of the silent film era. The first individually publicized leading man in America ...
and
Leah Baird
Leah Baird (born Ada Frankenstein; June 20, 1883 – October 3, 1971) was an American actress and screenwriter.
Life
Baird was born in Champaign County, Illinois. on June 20, 1883, the daughter of William Frankenstein and Bertha Schreiver Fran ...
and directed by
Herbert Brenon
Herbert Brenon (born Alexander Herbert Reginald St. John Brenon; 13 January 1880 – 21 June 1958) was an Irish-born U.S. film director, actor and screenwriter during the era of silent films through the 1930s.
Brenon was among the early film ...
. Some sources also credit George Edwardes-Hall as a director.
Twelve minutes and three seconds of the film, attributed to the
EYE Filmmuseum and with Dutch subtitles, can be viewed on YouTube.
Plot
A Parisian artist becomes addicted to the liquor
absinthe and sinks to robbery and murder.
Cast
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King Baggot
William King Baggot (November 7, 1879 – July 11, 1948) was an American actor, film director and screenwriter. He was an internationally famous movie star of the silent film era. The first individually publicized leading man in America ...
as Jean Dumas
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Leah Baird
Leah Baird (born Ada Frankenstein; June 20, 1883 – October 3, 1971) was an American actress and screenwriter.
Life
Baird was born in Champaign County, Illinois. on June 20, 1883, the daughter of William Frankenstein and Bertha Schreiver Fran ...
as Madame Dumas
References
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Absinthe
1914 films
1914 drama films
Silent American drama films
American silent feature films
American black-and-white films
Films directed by Herbert Brenon
Films set in Paris
Films shot in Paris
Universal Pictures films
Films about alcoholism
1910s American films
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