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Uncle Tom's Cabin (1918)

Uncle Tom's Cabin poster
Directed by
J. Searle Dawley
Genre
drama film, silent film
Country
United States
Runtime
50 min
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

The story follows the lives of enslaved African Americans in the antebellum South. It contrasts the suffering of Uncle Tom with the innocence of Little Eva.

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What happens

Uncle Tom's Cabin is 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. Uncle Tom's Cabin starred Marguerite Clark, who portrayed both Topsy and Little Eva. It is now considered to be a lost film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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