Uncle Tom's Cabin

Uncle Tom's Cabin (1927)

In 1856, slave Eliza plans to marry George with the consent of the Shelbys, her masters, but George's owner prevents the wedding. A few years later, Eliza flees with her son, Harry, after learning the Shelbys plan to hand them over to a crooked creditor to prevent foreclosure. George also escapes and goes on the run while Eliza and Harry are captured and brought back home. Mother and son are separated as George tries to find them both.

Date of release
1927-11-04
TMDB
6.8 / 10 (12)
Runtime
2h 24m
Genres
Drama
Director
Harry A. Pollard

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Based on: Uncle Tom's Cabin

Uncle Tom's Cabin is a 1927 American synchronized sound drama film directed by Harry A. Pollard and released by Universal Pictures. While the film has no audible dialog, it was released with a synchronized musical score with sound effects using the Western Electric sound-on-film process. The film is based on the 1852 novel Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe and was the last version filmed without audible dialogue. This film is important historically as being Universal's first sound feature.

Production

The title role was originally played by the notable stage actor Charles Gilpin, but he quit amid onset dissatisfaction with the depiction of the role and was replaced by James B. Lowe, re-shooting the scenes already filmed with Gilpin. Uncle Tom's Cabin was partially shot on location in Plattsburg, New York.

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