''Absinthe'' is a 1914 American silent

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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

as Jean Dumas *

as Madame Dumas

References

External links

* * 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 {{1910s-drama-film-stub