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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. [1]
Uncle Tom's Cabin: Directed by J. Searle Dawley. With Marguerite Clark, Sam Hardy, Jack W. Johnston, Florence Carpenter. When Kentucky plantation owner George Shelby is forced to sell several of his slaves, one of them, Eliza Harris, escapes across the icy Ohio River with her child.
A 1914 version was directed by William Robert Daly. It was adapted Edward McWade from the play adaptation by George L. Aiken. It starred Sam Lucas, Teresa Michelena, Marie Eline (again), Royce D. Applegate and Boots Wall.
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.
Overview. When Kentucky plantation owner George Shelby is forced to sell several of his slaves, one of them, Eliza Harris, escapes across the icy Ohio River with her child. Kindly old Uncle Tom, however, is sold to a Southern slave trader and begins his voyage down the Mississippi River.
Uncle Tom's Cabin was almost as important to the history of movies as it was to the history of drama in America.The Great Train Robbery, released in December, 1903, is usually cited as the earliest American feature film, but Edwin S. Porter, who made that movie for Edison's company, made a fifteen-minute version of Stowe's novel that came out in September, 1903.
Synopsis. When Kentucky plantation owner George Shelby is forced to sell several of his slaves, one of them, Eliza Harris, escapes across the icy Ohio River with her child. Kindly old Uncle Tom, however, is sold to a Southern slave trader and begins his voyage down the Mississippi River.
