Hoodoo Ann

Hoodoo Ann is a 1916 American comedydrama silent film, written by D.W. Griffith, directed by Lloyd Ingraham and released by Triangle Film Corporation.

Impressed with Anns selflessness, a kindly couple, Samuel and Elinor Knapp Wilbur Higby and Loyola OConnor take her in and later adopt Ann. Ann immediately becomes smitten with a neighbor boy named Jimmie Vance Robert Harron and the two youths begin courting. Believing that her curse is coming to an end, Ann attends a motion picture with Jimmie. Enthralled by the actionfilled western film she had witnessed, the following day Ann is inspired to imitate the films main character Pansy Thorne while playing with a gun. Unbeknownst to Ann, the gun is loaded and a round goes off and the stray bullet enters a neighbors house. Ann tentatively peers through the window and is shocked to see her neighbor, Bill Higgins Charles Lee lying on the floor. Believing she killed Mr. Higgins, Ann is despondent, sure that the curse is still upon her and fearful that Jimmie will never marry her now that she has committed murder.After tearfully confessing to her crime and a subsequent investigation into the peculiar disappearance of the body of Mr. Higgins, the town is shocked when Mr. Higgins returns home several days later and reveals that he had simply left town to avoid his wifes incessant nagging. Overjoyed, Jimmie and Ann marry and the hoodoo is lifted. But the wedding ceremony is not entirely a happy affair Ann appears distracted and pensive throughout, leaving the viewer to wonder if she perhaps believes that the curse is still upon her. ........

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