The Conjure Woman is based on Charles W. Chestnutt’s 1899 book of the same name. An announcement of the "South Atlantic premiere opening" in the 18 Sep 1926 issue of The Afro American listed the title as simply Conjure Woman. An item in the 18 Apr 1925 [Baltimore, MD] Afro-American listed the script as one of four Micheaux Film Company properties that were ready to shoot. The item quoted C. Tiffany Tolliver, a Roanoke, VA-based real estate agent and theater owner who was working with Micheaux on these films. Exterior scenes for The Conjure Woman were set to be filmed on the Norfolk, VA, waterfront. Filming might also have been planned at Micheaux’s studio facility in Roanoke.
       The 24 Jul 1926 Pittsburgh Courier announced that the film would open at the Lafayette Theatre that week. A Newport News, VA, opening was scheduled to follow on 21 Aug 1926 at Scott’s Lyric Theatre, according to the 15 Aug 1926 [Newport News, VA] Daily Courier. An announcement of the film's 23 Sep 1926 "South Atlantic premiere opening," in the 18 Sep 1926 issue of the [Baltimore, MD] Afro American, listed the title as simply Conjure Woman.
       Lead actress Evelyn Preer was a frequent collaborator of Oscar Micheaux’s. She had previously appeared in his films, The Homesteader (1919), The Brute (1920), Within Our Gates, The Gunsaulus Mystery (1921), Deceit (1923), Birthright (1924), and The Devil’s Disciple (1925, see entries), as noted in the 16 Apr 1927 Pittsburgh Courier.
       For more information on Oscar Micheaux’s films, see The Homesteader (1919) and The Wages of Sin (1928).