The Spirit of the Poppy (1914)

ALL 11/23/1914 (en) Drama 0 Min
  • Release
    11/23/1914
  • Production
    Kinetophote
  • Rotten tomato
    0%
  • Original title
    The Spirit of the Poppy
  • Original language
    en
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
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Overview

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.

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  1. Edward MacKay

    Stephen Ford

  2. Edith Luckett

    Helene Ford

  3. Anna Rose

    Blanche

  4. William R. Dunn

    Jack Murray

  5. Nicholas Dunaew

    Jules De Fonde

  6. Dorothy Green

    Celeste

Full Cast & Crew

Casts : 6 , Crews : 2

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The Spirit of the Poppy (1914) 0 Min

ALL 11/23/1914 (en)
Drama
  • Release 11/23/1914
  • Production
    Kinetophote
  • Original title The Spirit of the Poppy
  • en
  • Revenue0.00

Overview

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.

  1. Frederick A. Thomson

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Editor

  4. Producer