Character Relationship Map: Mannequin

Characters

• John Herrick (played by Warner Baxter) — protagonist

  Husband of Selene who quarrels with her in 1907 over her auction purchases. He hires nurse Annie Pogani and wrongly assumes Selene has abducted their daughter.

• Joan Herrick (played by Dolores Costello) — protagonist

  The Herrick infant kidnapped by Annie Pogani. Raised in New York's East Side after Annie's death, she works as a cloak model and is eventually reunited with her biological parents.

• Selene Herrick (played by Alice Joyce) — supporting

  John's wife whose addiction to auction items triggers a 1907 marital conflict. She returns home later, leading to the revelation of their child's disappearance.

• Annie Pogani (played by Zasu Pitts) — supporting

  The nurse employed by John Herrick. She absconds with baby Joan and raises her in New York until her death.

• Young Joan (played by Josephine Adair) — minor
• Joan Herrick as a baby (played by Marcia Mae Jones) — cameo

Canonical Relationships

Family, romantic, and professional connections based on plot evidence.

• Joan Herrick as a baby → Joan Herrick (Meta Same Person) — The infant and adult character are the same separated child.

  The Herrick baby is taken by Annie, while Joan later grows up in New York and is found by her parents.

• Joan Herrick → Young Joan (Meta Same Person) — Young Joan represents Joan Herrick during childhood.

  The plot describes Joan's childhood in New York's East Side before she later works as a cloak model.

• Annie Pogani → Young Joan (Power Caretaker) — Annie raises Joan during her childhood.

  The plot says Annie raises Joan in New York's East Side after taking her from the Herrick family.

• Annie Pogani → Joan Herrick (Power Guardian) — Annie controls Joan's upbringing after the abduction.

  After taking Joan, Annie raises her in New York's East Side until Annie's death.

• John Herrick → Annie Pogani (Professional Employer) — John employs Annie as the family's nurse.

  John hires Annie Pogani as a nurse for the Herrick household.

• Selene Herrick → Joan Herrick as a baby (Family Mother) — Selene is the baby's mother.

  The infant is the Herrick baby, and Selene is later identified as Joan's parent.

• John Herrick → Joan Herrick as a baby (Family Father) — John is the baby's father before her disappearance.

  The infant is described as the Herrick baby, and John is one of Joan's parents.

• Selene Herrick → Joan Herrick (Family Biological Mother) — Selene is Joan's biological mother.

  Joan is the Herrick child, and Selene is one of the parents who eventually finds her.

• John Herrick → Joan Herrick (Family Biological Father) — John is Joan's biological father.

  Joan is identified as the Herrick child, and she is eventually found by her parents.

• John Herrick → Selene Herrick (Family Husband) — Their marriage is destabilized by Selene's compulsive auction buying.

  The plot describes Selene as John's wife and shows them quarreling in 1907 over her auction purchases.

Story Dynamics

Alliances, conflicts, and narrative interactions that evolve throughout the story.

• Annie Pogani → Joan Herrick as a baby (Conflict Kidnapper) — Annie abducts the infant Joan.

  The plot explicitly states that Annie runs off with the Herrick baby.

Story Analysis

A family is divided by a nurse's abduction and a false accusation before the lost daughter is eventually found and reunited with her parents.

Plot Progression

1. Auction-Born Marital Rift — Selene's attraction to auction purchases causes a quarrel with John in 1907. Their strained household becomes vulnerable to a damaging misunderstanding.
2. The Nurse's Abduction — John hires Annie Pogani as a nurse, but Annie runs away with baby Joan. John wrongly assumes that Selene has taken the child.
3. A Childhood in Hiding — After Annie's abduction of Joan, the child is raised on New York's East Side. Annie eventually dies, leaving Joan to continue life without her original family.
4. The Lost Daughter Found — Joan obtains work as a cloak model and is eventually located by John and Selene. The discovery restores the separated Herrick family.