Uncle Tom's Cabin (1914 film)

Uncle Tom's Cabin
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;

The full film

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. The film is historically notable for being the first movie with a black actor playing a leading role.

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

^ Goble (1999), p. 997.
^ Pines, Jim (1975). Blacks in Films. Littlehampton Book Services Ltd. ISBN 978-0289703267.
^ King, Susan (December 19, 2012). "National Film Registry selects 25 films for preservation". Los Angeles Times.
^ "Complete National Film Registry Listing". Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-05-14.
^ "2012 National Film Registry Picks in A League of Their Own". Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-05-14.

Bibliography

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

External links

Media related to Uncle Tom's Cabin (1914 film) at Wikimedia Commons
The full text of Uncle Tom's Cabin (1914 film) at Wikisource
Uncle Tom’s Cabin essay [1] by Stephen Railton at National Film Registry
Uncle Tom's Cabin at IMDb

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[1] Goble (1999), p. 997.

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

[3] King, Susan (December 19, 2012). "National Film Registry selects 25 films for preservation". Los Angeles Times.

[4] "Complete National Film Registry Listing". Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-05-14.

[5] "2012 National Film Registry Picks in A League of Their Own". Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-05-14.

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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)