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An Uncle Tom’s Cabin Troupe
(1913) United States of America
B&W : Split-reel
Directed by Dell Henderson
Cast: Gus Pixley [Uncle Tom], Grace Lewis [Little Eva], Clarence Barr [the hotel owner], William Beaudine [a member of the troupe], Edward Dillon [a member of the troupe], J. Jiquel Lanoe [a member of the troupe], Charles Murray [a member of the troupe], W. Chrystie Miller [an audience member], Frank Opperman [an audience member], Kate Bruce [in the second audience]
Biograph Company production; distributed by The General Film Company, Incorporated. / From a screen story by Dell Henderson. Assistant director, William Beaudine. / Released 10 April 1913; in a split-reel with A Lesson to Mashers (1913). / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.
Comedy.
Synopsis: [?] [From The Moving Picture World]? The “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” troupe arrives in town and gives a show. The hotel proprietor is so impressed with it that he swaps his hotel for the troupe, but the outcome is disastrous, forcing him to admit, “Evil the day that I became an actor.”
Survival status: (unknown)
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 5 October 2023.
References: Spehr-American p. 4 : Website-IMDb.
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