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The Spirit of the Poppy

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A psychological study of the effects of drug addiction on humanity. Helene Ford has been injected with heroin by an unscrupulous physician, causing her to act irrationally. Her husband Stephen, a noted artist, hires a model whom Helene, inflamed by their friend Jack Murray, suspects of having an affair with Stephen. The model is also addicted to drugs and convinces Stephen to try heroin to forget his troubles. Both Stephen and Helene then become addicted to drugs. They abandon their home and then separate, after which Stephen resorts to crime to support his heroin addiction. During an escape from the police after a robbery, Stephen encounters Helene again, this time near death. She sacrifices her own life to shield her husband, but Stephen and his former model plunge to their deaths.

Directed byFrederick A. Thomson

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Status
Released
Runtime
1h 0m
Language
EN
Released
November 23, 1914
Studios
Kinetophote

Featuring

Cast & crew

6 credited
Starring
Edith Luckett

Edith Luckett

Helene Ford

William R. Dunn

William R. Dunn

Jack Murray

Nicholas Dunaew

Nicholas Dunaew

Jules De Fonde

Dorothy Green

Dorothy Green

Celeste

Edward MacKay

Stephen Ford

Anna Rose

Blanche

Creative team
Directed by
Frederick A. Thomson
Frederick A. Thomson
Written by
Catherine Carr

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