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Uncle Tom’s Cabin
(1913) United States of America
B&W : Three reels
Directed by Otis Turner

Cast: Margarita Fischer [Topsy], Gertrude Short [Eva], Harry A. Pollard (Harry Pollard) [Uncle Tom], Edward Alexander, Iva Shepard

Independent Motion Picture Company, Incorporated, production; distributed by The Universal Film Manufacturing Company, Incorporated. / Scenario by Allan Dwan, from the novel Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe. / Released by 25 August 1913. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The production was shot April-May 1913. The novel was previously filmed as Uncle Tom’s Cabin (1910). The novel was subsequently filmed as Uncle Tom’s Cabin (1913).

Drama: Historical: Civil War.

Survival status: (unknown)

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: African-Americans - History: USA: American Civil War (1861-1865) - Slavery

Listing updated: 22 March 2010.

References: Braff-Universal n. 8497; Hirschhorn-Universal pp. 12, 56; Pitts-Hollywood p. 7; Tarbox-Lost p. 148 : MovPicWorld-19130405 pp. 4, 5 : Website-IMDb.