Uncle Tom’s Cabin
(1927) American
B&W : 13 reels
Directed by Harry A. Pollard

Cast: Margarita Fischer [Eliza], James B. Lowe [Uncle Tom], Virginia Grey [Eva St. Clare], Mona Ray [Topsy], Arthur Edmund Carewe [George Harris], Lucien Littlefied [Lawyer Marks], George Siegmann [Simon Legree], Eulalie Jensen [Cassie], Aileen Manning [Miss Ophelia], Adolph Milar [Haley], Jack Mower [Mr. Shelby], Vivien Oakland [Mrs. Shelby], J. Gordon Russell [Tom Loker], John Roche [Mr. St. Clare], Gertrude Astor [Mrs. St. Clare], Lassie Lou Ahern [Little Harry], Gertrude Howard [Aunt Chloe], Nelson McDonell [Mr. Fletcher], Jane LaVerne, Marie Foster, Grace Carlisle

Universal Pictures Corporation production; distributed by Universal Pictures Corporation. / Scenario by Harvey Thew and A.P. Younger, from the novel Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe. Intertitles by Walter Anthony. / © 11 October 1927 by Universal Pictures Corporation. Released 4 November 1927. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.37:1 format. / The film was rereleased in 1928 in Movietone sound with synchronized music by Hugo Riesenfeld and sound effects. / Silent film.

Drama: Historical: Civil War.

Survival Status: Print exists in the UCLA Film and Television Archive film archive.

Keywords: African-Americans - Animals: Dogs - Blackface - Chases - Death - History: USA: American Civil War: 1861-1865 - Ice - Slavery

Listing updated: 14 January 2007.

References: Braff-Universal n. 8498; Brownlow-Parade pp. 82, 93, 455; Edmonds-BigU pp. 8, 149; Hirschhorn-Universal p. 56; Kobal-Fifty p. 37; Limbacher-Feature p. 262; Null-Black pp. 25, 27, 59, 76; Pitts-Hollywood p. 7; Skretvedt-LaurelHardy p. 439 : ClasIm-225 p. C8 : Website-NFPF.

Home Video: DVD.