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The Avenging
Conscience
(1914)

Based on Edgar Allan Poe’s short story “The Tell-Tale Heart” and his poem “Annabelle Lee,” this early feature film from D.W. Griffith stars Henry B. Walthall as the young man who seeks to escape his domineering uncle (Spottiswoode Aitken) by murder. He and his lover (Blanche Sweet) are then tortured by Poesque entities, nightmares and guilt.

2008 Kino International edition

The Avenging Conscience (1914), black & white, 84 minutes, not rated,
with Edgar Allan Poe (1909), black & white, 7 minutes, not rated.

Kino International, unknown catalog number, unknown UPC number.
Full-frame 4:3 NTSC, one single-sided, single-layered DVD disc, Region 1, ? Mbps average video bit rate, ? kbps audio bit rate, Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo sound, English language intertitles, no foreign language subtitles, chapter stops, keep case, $24.95.
DVD release date: 18 November 2008.
Country of origin: USA

This early feature film from D.W. Griffith has been mastered in high-definition from a 35mm print in the Raymond Rohauer film collection, and is presented with music performed by Martin Marks. The disc is supplemented with an early Griffith split-reel with Edgar Allan Poe as its protagonist.

USA: Click the logomark at right to purchase
a Region 1 NTSC DVD of this edition from Amazon.com.

Canada: Click the logomark at right to purchase
a Region 1 NTSC DVD of this edition from Amazon.ca.

United Kingdom: Click the logomark at right to purchase
a Region 1 NTSC DVD of this edition from Amazon.co.uk.

Other D.W. GRIFFITH films available on home video.

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