Hoodoo Ann

Mar 26, 1916

1h 5m

★ 5.6

Overview

A teenage orphan (who believes herself to be "hoodooed") is taken in by a childless couple and quickly falls for the boy next door; Her luck seems to have changed. But the idyll is broken up after a trip to the movies-- It seems the 'hoodoo' has returned after she tries to replicate what she'd seen on the screen.

Genres

Romance

Comedy

Drama

Production Companies

Fine Arts Film Company

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Cast

Hoodoo Ann

Mae Marsh

Jimmie Vance

Robert Harron

Wilson Vance

William H. Brown

Samuel Knapp

Wilbur Higby

Elinor Knapp

Loyola O'Connor

Goldie

Mildred Harris

Miss Prudence Scraggs

Pearl Elmore

Sarah Higgins

Anna Dodge

Bill Higgins

Charles Lee

Officer Lambert

Elmo Lincoln

Constable Drake

Robert Lawler

Gordon Sanderson / Mustang Charley

Carl Stockdale

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