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  • The Hoodoo (1914)
  • Short | Comedy, Short
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The Hoodoo (1914)
Short | Comedy, Short
To square himself with his wife for imbibing spirits too freely, Phil buys a necklace. He falls asleep on a park bench before he reaches home. Betty, a nursemaid, sees the necklace on the bench beside him and steals it. She gets tired and ...See moreTo square himself with his wife for imbibing spirits too freely, Phil buys a necklace. He falls asleep on a park bench before he reaches home. Betty, a nursemaid, sees the necklace on the bench beside him and steals it. She gets tired and falls asleep. Eddie's sweetheart tells him he must give her some valuable gift before she can marry him. He finds Betty asleep and steals the necklace from her. But before he can get to his sweetheart with it, Ernie steals it from him and while Eddie is looking for the necklace, Ernie meets his girl and wins her love by the valuable present. Eddie butts in on them and tears the necklace from her. Ernie gets it and meets Betty. He tries to give it to her. When her lover appears she recognizes the necklace. Ernie is beaten up. He determines to sell it and finding a man on a bench, offers it to him for $2.00. The man recognizes it is his. A row ensues; the crowd appears in the mix-up. Ernie makes his getaway. He is patting himself on the back over his cleverness when he runs full into the arms of the law. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less
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Allen Curtis
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Updated Nov 4, 1914
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Nov 4, 1914 (United States)

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4 cast members
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Phil Dunham's primary photo
Phil Dunham
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Edythe Sterling's primary photo
Edythe Sterling
Betty - the Nursemaid Betty - the Nursemaid   See fewer
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Ernest Shields
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Eddie Boland
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