Movie
Uncle Tom's Cabin
1918 · 50 min
A solemn, melodramatic silent-era experience that leans heavily on moral outrage and pathos, with stark imagery of suffering and escape.
- Directed by
- J. Searle Dawley
- Genres
- Drama
- Starring
- Marguerite Clark, Sam Hardy, Jack W. Johnston
- Tagline
- "Told far more dramatically on the screen than it ever was on the stage."
- Overview
- When Kentucky plantation owner George Shelby is forced to sell several of his slaves, one of them, Eliza Harris, escapes across the icy Ohio River with her child. Kindly old Uncle Tom, however, is sold to a Southern slave trader and begins his voyage down the Mississippi River. During the trip, he rescues little Eva St. Clair from the river, and out of gratitude, the girl's father buys him.
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- Directed by
- J. Searle Dawley
- Genres
- Drama
- Starring
- Marguerite Clark, Sam Hardy, Jack W. Johnston
