Uncle Toms Cabin (1918 film)
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Genre Drama Duration | Director J. Searle Dawley Story by Harriet Beecher Stowe Country United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Language Silent
English intertitles Release date July 15, 1918 (1918-07-15) Based on Uncle Toms Cabin
by Harriet Beecher Stowe
Uncle Toms Cabin
by George Aiken Writer Harriet Beecher Stowe (novel), J. Searle Dawley, J. Searle Dawley (scenario) Cast Marguerite Clark, Frank Losee Producers Adolph Zukor, Jesse L. Lasky Similar movies J Searle Dawley directed Uncle Toms Cabin and Frankenstein | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Uncle Tom's Cabin was a 1918 American silent drama film directed by J. Searle Dawley, produced by Famous Players-Lasky Corporation and distributed by Paramount Pictures under the Famous Players-Lasky name. The film is based on Harriet Beecher Stowe's 1852 novel Uncle Tom's Cabin and George Aiken's eponymous play.
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Uncle Tom's Cabin starred Marguerite Clark, who portrayed both Topsy and Little Eva. It is now considered to be a lost film.
Uncle toms cabin
Plot
As described in a film magazine, Uncle Tom (Losee) is on his way to the slave market. Eva St. Clair (Clark) and her father are returning to their New Orleans home when Uncle Tom rescues Little Eva from drowning. Mr. St. Clair (Stanford) buys him and Uncle Tom becomes the delight of Little Eva. Eva's declining health concerns her parents and she finally dies. Shortly thereafter St. Clair is killed, and the St. Clair slaves, including Uncle Tom, are sold. Topsy (Clark), given to Eva's aunt, is retained and taken north. With one of Eva's blond curls as a talisman, Topsy loses her wild, impish ways and becomes a trusted servant of Aunt Ophelia. (Morrison).
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Reception
Like many American films of the time, Uncle Tom's Cabin was subject to cuts by city and state film censorship boards. For example, the Chicago Board of Censors required cuts of two offensive intertitles, in Reel 1, "A nigger is only a nigger" and, Reel 2, "Do you allow her to embrace niggers that way?"
References
Uncle Tom's Cabin (1918 film) WikipediaUncle Toms Cabin (1918 film) IMDb