The Devil's Daughter (1939 film)
{{short description|1939 film}}
{{Infobox film
| name = The Devil's Daughter
| image = The Devil's Daughter FilmPoster.jpeg
| caption =
| director = Arthur H. Leonard
| producer = {{ubl|Arthur H. Leonard (associate producer)|Harry M. Popkin (producer)}}
| writer = George Terwilliger (story and screenplay)
| narrator =
| starring = See below
| music = John Killam
| cinematography = Jay Rescher
| editing = Samuel Datlowe
| distributor =
| released = {{Film date|1939|12|07}}
| runtime = {{ubl|52 minutes|67 minutes (original American release)}}
| country = US
| language = English
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| gross =
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The Devil's Daughter, also known as Pocomania,{{cite web|url=http://www.allmovie.com/work/pocomania-106292|work=Allmovie|title=Overview:Pocomania|accessdate=April 23, 2011|author=Brennan, Sandra}} is a 1939 American film directed by Arthur H. Leonard.
Plot summary
The movie is set in Jamaica and begins with a group performing a song and then a cockfight.
Sylvia Walton (Ida James) of Harlem inherits a Jamaican banana plantation and returns to manage it. Her disinherited half-sister Isabelle (Nina Mae McKinney), who ran the plantation until their father's death, does not greet her. But Sylvia, her two rival suitors, and her comic-relief servant Percy are disturbed by the constant, growing sound of drums.
Nina Mae McKinney can be heard singing an excerpt of The Devil’s Daughter soundtrack on the album Jamaica Folk Trance Possession 1939-1961.[http://www.fremeaux.com/index.php?page=shop.product_details&category_id=16&flypage=shop.flypage&product_id=1437&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=0 See the Jamaica Folk Trance Possession 1939-1961 album]
Cast
- Nina Mae McKinney as Isabelle Walton
- Jack Carter as Philip Ramsay
- Ida James as Sylvia Walton
- Hamtree Harrington as Percy Jackson
- Willa Mae Lang as Elvira
- Emmett 'Babe' Wallace as John Lowden
- Francine Larrimore as Island girl
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|id=0031229|title=The Devil's Daughter}}
- {{Internet Archive film|id=TheDevilsDaughter|name=The Devil's Daughter}}
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Category:1930s English-language films
Category:American black-and-white films
Category:Films shot in Jamaica
Category:American romantic horror films
Category:English-language horror films
Category:English-language romance films
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