Hoodoo Ann
(1916) American
B&W : Five reels
Directed by Lloyd Ingraham + [D.W. Griffith]

Cast: Mae Marsh [Hoodoo Ann], Robert Harron [Jimmy Vance], William H. Brown [Wilson Vance, his father], Wilbur Higby [Samuel Knapp], Loyola O’Connor [Elinor Knapp, his wife], Anna Hernandez [Sarah Higgins], Charles Lee [Bill Higgins, her husband], Mildred Harris [Goldie]; Pearl Elmore [Prudence Scruggs], Madame Sul-Te-Wan [Black Cindy, the cook], Elmo Lincoln [Officer Lambert], Robert Lawler [Constable Drake], Carl Stockdale [Gordon Sanderson], Betty Marsh

The Fine Arts Film Company production; distributed by Triangle Film Corporation [Triangle-Fine Arts Plays]. / Production supervised by D.W. Griffith. Scenario by Granville Warwick (D.W. Griffith), from a story by Granville Warwick (D.W. Griffith). / © 14 February 1916 by Triangle Film Corporation [LP8298]. Released 26 March 1916. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.37:1 format. / Some sequences were directed by D.W. Griffith. Marsh’s first film for Triangle.

Comedy-Drama.

Synopsis: Synopsis available in AFI-F1 n. F1.2038.

Survival Status: Print exists in the Film Preservation Associates film collection (Blackhawk Films collection) [16mm fine-grain duplicate negative].

Keywords: Accidents: Gun - Adoptions - African-Americans - Alcohol - Animals: Cats, Dogs - Blood stains - Children: Orphans - Confessions - Cooks - Curses: Hexes, Jinxes - Fainting - Fire - Jewelry: Rings (Wedding) - Kitchens - Magazines - Marriages - Motion pictures: Film-within-film - Neighbors - Orphanages - Playgrounds - Police: Detectives - Religion: Ministers - Reptiles: Snakes - Rescues - Theaters: Motion picture - Toys: Dolls - Weddings

Listing updated: 22 September 2007.

References: Film credits, film viewing : AFI-F1 n. F1.2038; Barry-Griffith p. 49; Everson-American pp. 92-93, 248, 369; Limbacher-Feature p. 112; Slide-Aspects p. 22; Slide-FineArts pp. vii, 16, 84-86, 142, 144, 150, 159, 168.

Home Video: DVD.