Uncle Tom's Cabin (1914)

Directed by

William Robert Daly

Genre

drama film, silent film

Country

United States

Runtime

54 min

Rating

5.8 of 10 from 12 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This silent film follows the story of Uncle Tom, an enslaved man, and his experiences with different owners in the pre-Civil War South. It is based on the classic novel and theatrical adaptation about the harsh realities of slavery.

somberhistoricdramaticslow-pacedseriousvisualearneststark

What happens

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. 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". 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". (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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