Uncle Tom's Cabin (1910 Vitagraph film)

Uncle Tom's Cabin
Uncle Tom's Cabin
	A surviving film still.
Directed by	J. Stuart Blackton
Written by	Harriet Beecher Stowe (Novel); Eugene Mullin & Rollin S. Sturgeon (Scenario);
Produced by	Vitagraph Studios
Starring	Florence Turner; Mary Fuller; Edwin R. Phillips; Flora Finch; Genevieve Tobin; Carlyle Blackwell;
Release date	July 26, 1910;
Country	United States
Languages	Silent film; English inter-titles

Uncle Tom's Cabin is a 1910 American silent short drama produced by Vitagraph Studios. The film was adapted by from the 1852 novel Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe. The first reel was released on July 26, 1910, the same day that the Thanhouser Company released their own three-reel version of Uncle Tom's Cabin. This prompted the Thanhouser Company to advertise against the Vitagraph film by referring to the other as being overly drawn out.^[1]

The film survives in an incomplete form, and has been released in a restored version as a bonus feature of the Kino release of Uncle Tom's Cabin (1927).^[2]

Release[edit]

Each of the film's three reels was released on a different day: Tuesday, July 26; Friday, July 29; and Saturday, July 30, 1910.^[3]

Legacy[edit]

According to Prof. Stephen Railton, "Vitagraph’s 1910 production was the first 'three-reeler.'"^[4] This was an innovation over the then-standard "one-reelers," which were roughly 15 minutes long, and "were shown in theaters as part of about an hour's worth of entertainment usually involving a live singer as well as several films."^[3]

References[edit]

^ Pierce, David (1998). "'Carl Laemmle's Outstanding Achievement': Harry Pollard and the Struggle to Film "Uncle Tom's Cabin"". Film History. 10 (4): 459–476. ISSN 0892-2160.
^ "Kino Classics 2019 Blu-ray Disc edition". Silentera.com.
^ ^a ^b Stephen Railton. ""a decided innovation": The 3-Reel Vitagraph Production (1910)". The University of Virginia. Retrieved July 10, 2023.
^ Stephen Railton. "Uncle Tom's Cabin" (PDF). National Film Preservation Board. Retrieved July 10, 2023.

External links[edit]

Uncle Tom's Cabin at IMDb

Media related to Uncle Tom's Cabin (1910 Vitagraph film) at Wikimedia Commons

[1] Pierce, David (1998). "'Carl Laemmle's Outstanding Achievement': Harry Pollard and the Struggle to Film "Uncle Tom's Cabin"". Film History. 10 (4): 459–476. ISSN 0892-2160.

[2] "Kino Classics 2019 Blu-ray Disc edition". Silentera.com.

[Railton-3] Stephen Railton. ""a decided innovation": The 3-Reel Vitagraph Production (1910)". The University of Virginia. Retrieved July 10, 2023.

[4] Stephen Railton. "Uncle Tom's Cabin" (PDF). National Film Preservation Board. Retrieved July 10, 2023.

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v t e Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin
Characters	Uncle Tom
Film adaptations	Uncle Tom's Cabin (1903) Uncle Tom's Cabin (Thanhouser, 1910) Uncle Tom's Cabin (Vitagraph, 1910) Uncle Tom's Cabin (1914) Uncle Tom's Cabin (1918) Topsy and Eva (1927) Uncle Tom's Cabin (1927) Onkel Toms Hütte (1965) Uncle Tom's Cabin (1987)
Related works	A Key to Uncle Tom's Cabin Tom show
Animation	Hittin' the Trail for Hallelujah Land (1931) Mickey's Mellerdrammer (1933) Uncle Tom's Bungalow (1937) Uncle Tom's Cabaña (1947) Southern Fried Rabbit (1953)
Anti-Tom literature	Aunt Phillis's Cabin The Planter's Northern Bride Little Eva: The Flower of the South Uncle Tom's Cabin As It Is Uncle Robin's Cabin "Uncle Tom's Cabin" Contrasted with Buckingham Hall, the Planter's Home Ellen; or, The Fanatic's Daughter The Ebony Idol Frank Freeman's Barber Shop The North and the South; or, Slavery and Its Contrasts Mr. Frank, the Underground Mail-Agent The Cabin and Parlor; or, Slaves and Masters The Black Gauntlet White Acre vs. Black Acre Antifanaticism The Lofty and the Lowly The Leopard's Spots
Related	Josiah Henson 1849 autobiography Uncle Tom's Cabin Historic Site Dimples Goodbye Uncle Tom Tit for Tat Uncle Tom syndrome Underground Railroad The National Era Onkel Toms Hütte (Berlin U-Bahn) Harriet Beecher Stowe House (Brunswick, Maine)

v t e Films directed by J. Stuart Blackton
Feature films	The Life of Moses (1909) The Battle Cry of Peace (1915) Whom the Gods Destroy (1916) The Judgment House (1917) Womanhood, the Glory of the Nation (1917) Life's Greatest Problem (1918) The World for Sale (1918) The Common Cause (1919) My Husband's Other Wife (1920) Passers By (1920) The House of the Tolling Bell (1920) Respectable by Proxy (1920) Man and His Woman (1920) The Blood Barrier (1920) The Forbidden Valley (1920) The Glorious Adventure (1922) A Gipsy Cavalier (1922) The Virgin Queen (1923) On the Banks of the Wabash (1923) Between Friends (1924) Let Not Man Put Asunder (1924) The Beloved Brute (1924) The Clean Heart (1924) Behold This Woman (1924) The Happy Warrior (1925) The Redeeming Sin (1925) Tides of Passion (1925) Bride of the Storm (1926) Hell-Bent for Heaven (1926) The Gilded Highway (1926) The Passionate Quest (1926) The American (1927)
Short films	The Humpty Dumpty Circus (1898) The Enchanted Drawing (1900) Adventures of Sherlock Holmes; or, Held for Ransom (1905) Humorous Phases of Funny Faces (1906) The Automobile Thieves (1906) The Haunted Hotel (1907) A Curious Dream (1907) Macbeth (1908) Romeo and Juliet (1908) Antony and Cleopatra (1908) Oliver Twist (1909) Princess Nicotine; or, The Smoke Fairy (1909) Les Misérables (1909) A Midsummer Night's Dream (1909)
Related	Vitagraph Studios Paula Blackton (wife) Marian Constance Blackton (daughter)

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