Uncle Tom's Cabin (1927 film)

Uncle Tom's Cabin
Uncle Tom's Cabin
	Film poster
Directed by	Harry A. Pollard
Written by	Harvey F. Thew (continuity); A. P. Younger (continuity); Walter Anthony (intertitles)
Based on	Uncle Tom's Cabin; by Harriet Beecher Stowe
Produced by	Carl Laemmle
Starring	Margarita Fischer; Arthur Edmund Carewe; George Siegmann
Cinematography	Charles Stumar; Jacob Kull
Edited by	Gilmore Walker; Daniel Mandell; Byron Robinson; Ted Kent
Music by	Erno Rapee; Hugo Riesenfeld (1928 re-release in Movietone)
Production; company	Universal Studios
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release date	November 4, 1927;
Running time	112 minutes (13 reels)
Country	United States
Languages	Sound (Synchronized); (English Intertitles)

Uncle Tom's Cabin is a 1927 American synchronized sound drama film directed by Harry A. Pollard and released by Universal Pictures. While the film has no audible dialog, it was released with a synchronized musical score with sound effects using the Western Electric sound-on-film process. The film is based on the 1852 novel Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe and was the last version filmed without audible dialogue. This film is important historically as being Universal's first sound feature.

In this version of the film, all of the major slave roles, with the exception of Uncle Tom himself, were portrayed by white actors. Actress Mona Ray played the slave Topsy in blackface while the slaves Eliza, George, Cassie, and Harry were all presented as having very light skin coloring because of mixed-race heritage. This film was released on DVD in 1999 by Kino.^[1]

The title role was originally played by the notable stage actor Charles Gilpin, but he quit amid onset dissatisfaction with the depiction of the role and was replaced by James B. Lowe, reshooting the scenes already filmed with Gilpin.^[2]

Mute print of the sound version.

The film was rereleased in 1958 with sound added and narration by Raymond Massey.^[2]

Cast

Margarita Fischer as Eliza
James B. Lowe as Uncle Tom
Arthur Edmund Carewe as George Harris
George Siegmann as Simon Legree
Eulalie Jensen as Cassie
Mona Ray as Topsy
Virginia Grey as Eva St. Clare
Lassie Lou Ahern as Little Harry
Lucien Littlefield as Lawyer Marks
Adolph Milar as Mr. Tom Haley
J. Gordon Russell as Tom Loker
Gertrude Howard as Aunt Chloe, (Uncle Tom's wife)
Jack Mower as Mr. Shelby
Vivien Oakland as Mrs. Shelby
John Roche as Augustine St. Clare
Aileen Manning as Aunt Ophelia

Unbilled

Tom Amardares – Quimbo
Gertrude Astor – Mrs. St. Clare
Grace Carlyle – Mrs. Fletcher
Matthew Beard – Child
Louise Beavers – Slave at Wedding
William Dyer – G.M. Beard – Auctioneer
Francis Ford – Captain
Eugene Jackson – Child
Carla Laemmle – Auction Spectator
Jeanette Loff – Auction Spectator
Nelson McDowell – Phineas Fletcher
Rolfe Sedan – Adolph
Madame Sul-Te-Wan – Slave at Wedding
Dick Sutherland – Sambo
Clarence Wilson – Bidder at Eliza's Auction

Preservation

A print of Uncle Tom's Cabin is preserved at the Library of Congress.^[3]

References

^ Progressive Silent Film List: Uncle Tom's Cabin at silentera.com
^ ^a ^b Pines, Jim (1975). Blacks in Films. Littlehampton Book Services Ltd. ISBN 978-0289703267.
^ Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artist Collection at The Library of Congress, by The American Film Institute, c.1978

External links

Uncle Tom's Cabin at IMDb
Uncle Tom's Cabin is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive
Uncle Tom's Cabin synopsis at AllMovie

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[1] Progressive Silent Film List: Uncle Tom's Cabin at silentera.com

[Blacks_in_Films_-_Jim_Pines-2] Pines, Jim (1975). Blacks in Films. Littlehampton Book Services Ltd. ISBN 978-0289703267.

[3] Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artist Collection at The Library of Congress, by The American Film Institute, c.1978

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v t e Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin
Characters	Uncle Tom
Film adaptations	Uncle Tom's Cabin (1903) Uncle Tom's Cabin (Thanhouser, 1910) Uncle Tom's Cabin (Vitagraph, 1910) Uncle Tom's Cabin (1914) Uncle Tom's Cabin (1918) Topsy and Eva (1927) Uncle Tom's Cabin (1927) Onkel Toms Hütte (1965) Uncle Tom's Cabin (1987)
Related works	A Key to Uncle Tom's Cabin Tom show
Animation	Hittin' the Trail for Hallelujah Land (1931) Mickey's Mellerdrammer (1933) Uncle Tom's Bungalow (1937) Uncle Tom's Cabaña (1947) Southern Fried Rabbit (1953)
Anti-Tom literature	Aunt Phillis's Cabin The Planter's Northern Bride Little Eva: The Flower of the South Uncle Tom's Cabin As It Is Uncle Robin's Cabin "Uncle Tom's Cabin" Contrasted with Buckingham Hall, the Planter's Home Ellen; or, The Fanatic's Daughter The Ebony Idol Frank Freeman's Barber Shop The North and the South; or, Slavery and Its Contrasts Mr. Frank, the Underground Mail-Agent The Cabin and Parlor; or, Slaves and Masters The Black Gauntlet White Acre vs. Black Acre Antifanaticism The Lofty and the Lowly The Leopard's Spots
Related	Josiah Henson 1849 autobiography Uncle Tom's Cabin Historic Site Dimples Goodbye Uncle Tom Tit for Tat Uncle Tom syndrome Underground Railroad The National Era Onkel Toms Hütte (Berlin U-Bahn) Harriet Beecher Stowe House (Brunswick, Maine)

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