USA, 1922
75m
35mm film, black and white (tinted), 1.33:1
silent
An American fantasy film directed by Edward D. Venturini.
Plot Summary
Ichabod Crane takes up the position of new schoolteacher in the small village of Sleepy Hollow. He soon hears of the local legend of a ghostly headless horseman.
Credits
Crew
Directed by: Edward D. Venturini
Sleepy Hollow Corporation
Produced by: Carl Stearns Clancy (producer
Adapted by: Carl Stearns Clancy
Based on the Story The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by: Washington Irving
Director of Photography: Ned Van Buren
Cast
Will Rogers (Ichabod Crane)
Lois Meredith (Katrina Van Tassel)
Ben Hendricks Jr (Abraham Van Brunt (‘Brom Bones’))
Charles E. Graham (Hans Van Ripper)
Mary Foy (Dame Martling)
Bernard Reinold (Baltus Van Tassel)
Downing Clarke (Dominie Heckwelder)
Jerry Devine (Adrian Van Ripper)
Sheridan Tansey [real name: James Sheridan] (Jethro Martling)
Kay MacCausland (Elsa Vanderdonck)
Nancy Chase (Gretchen)
Alternative Titles
Konjanik bez glave – Serbia
Всадник без головы – Russia
Links
Extracts included in
A Trip to Sleepy Hollow (2009)
Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror (2021)
References
Books
- American Silent Horror, Science Fiction and Fantasy Feature Films, 1913-1929 by John T. Soister and Henry Nicolella with Steve Joyce and Harry H. Long p.260 – credits, article
- Comedy-Horror Films: A Chronological History, 1914-2008 by Bruce G. Hallenbeck pp.8-9; 209 – review; credits
- Ghosts and Angels in Hollywood Films by James Robert Parish pp.171-172 – credits, synopsis, review
- Horror and Science Fiction Films II by Donald C. Willis p.167
- Reference Guide to Fantastic Films by Walt Lee p.188
