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Uncle Tom's Cabin is a 1914 American silent historical drama film directed by William Robert Daly using Vitagraph and starring Sam Lucas, Walter Hitchcock, and Hattie Delaro. It was based upon playwright George L. Aiken's theatrical adaptation of Harriet Beecher Stowe's 1852 novel, Uncle Tom's Cabin.[1] It was produced at Fort Lee, New Jersey by the newly-founded World Film studio.

Uncle Tom's Cabin
Directed by	William Robert Daly
Written by	Harriet Beecher Stowe (novel) George L. Aiken (play) Edward McWade
Produced by	J.V. Ritchey
Starring	Sam Lucas Walter Hitchcock Hattie Delaro
Cinematography	Irvin Willat
Production company	World Film
Distributed by	World Film
Release date	August 10, 1914
Running time	54 minutes
Country	United States
Languages	Silent English intertitles

Its PR proclaimed that (unlike earlier versions) it used "real ice, real bloodhounds, real negroes, real actors, real scenes from real life as it really was in the antebellum days".[2]

In 2012, this film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".[3][4][5]

Cast

• Sam Lucas as Uncle Tom
• Walter Hitchcock as George Shelby
• Hattie Delaro as Mrs. Shelby
• Master Abernathy as George Shelby Jr.
• Teresa Michelena as Eliza
• Irving Cummings as George Harris
• Paul Scardon as Haley
• Marie Eline as Little Eva St. Clair
• Garfield Thompson as St. Clair
• Roy Applegate as Simon Legree
• Boots Wall as Topsy

References

Bibliography

• Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.

External links

• Uncle Tom’s Cabin essay by Stephen Railton at National Film Registry
• Uncle Tom's Cabin at IMDb

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