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  • Dr. Goudron's System (1913)
  • Short | 15 min | Horror, Short
Dr. Goudron's System (1913)
Short | 15 min | Horror, Short
Adapted from a one-act Grand Guignol play based on Edgar Allan Poe's short story 'The System of Dr. Tarr and Professor Fether', the film portrays a visitor to an insane asylum where it becomes clear that the inmates have taken control. ...See moreAdapted from a one-act Grand Guignol play based on Edgar Allan Poe's short story 'The System of Dr. Tarr and Professor Fether', the film portrays a visitor to an insane asylum where it becomes clear that the inmates have taken control. Telling the visitor that a cure for insanity has been found by cutting out an eye of the patient and then slitting his throat, the "director" hurries into another room, reemerges with blood all over his hands and, as blood seeps from beneath the door, incites other inmates who now surround the visitor. Written by Doug Sederberg See less
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Director
Maurice Tourneur
Writers
André de Lorde (play) (screenplay) | Edgar Allan Poe (story "The System of Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether")
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Updated Dec 26, 1913
Release date
Jun 1914 (United States)

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