The Devil's Daughter (1939 film)

The Devil's Daughter
Directed by
Written by	George Terwilliger (story and screenplay)
Produced by	(associate producer) Harry M. Popkin (producer)
Starring	See below
Cinematography
Edited by
Music by
Release date	December 7, 1939
Running time	52 minutes 67 minutes (original American release)
Country	US
Language	English

The Devil's Daughter, also known as Pocomania,^[1] is a 1939 American film directed by .

Plot summary[]

The movie is set in Jamaica and begins with a group performing a song and then a cockfight.

Sylvia Walton () 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.^[2]

Cast[]

• Nina Mae McKinney as Isabelle Walton
• Jack Carter as Philip Ramsay
• as Sylvia Walton
• Hamtree Harrington as Percy Jackson
• as Elvira
• Emmett 'Babe' Wallace as John Lowden
• Francine Larrimore as Island girl

References[]

External links[]

• The Devil's Daughter at IMDb
• The Devil's Daughter is available for free download at the Internet Archive

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