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  • TITLE: UNCLE TOM'S CABIN
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  • CAST: James B. Lowe,Virginia Grey,Margarita Fisher
  • DIRECTOR: Pollard, Harry
  • LENGTH: 112 min.
  • COLOR_B&W_TINTED: B&W
  • RELEASE_DATE: 1927
  • GENRE_MAIN: Drama
  • GENRE_SECOND: Slavery
  • GENRE_THIRD: Literature
  • COUNTRY_OF_ORIGIN: U.S.
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  • SYNOPSIS: An earnest attempt to depict the harsh realities of slavery while lamenting the passage of the idealized South, UNCLE TOM'S CABIN is an extravagant historical drama and, at a cost of $1.8 million, was one of the most expensive films of the silent era. Margarita Fisher stars as Eliza, a fair-skinned servant who flees the security of a Kentucky plantation when her young son and her dignified protector, Uncle Tom, are sold to a rival landowner. In the course of her Dickensian struggles, she experiences a side of indentured servitude beyond her worst fears, culminating in her arrival at the swampy lair of the murderous Simon Legree. But the most memorable sequence, by far, is Eliza's flight to freedom across a treacherous ice floe (which D.W.Griffith shamelessly borrowed for WAY DOWN EAST). Although some of the film's characterizations may appear derogatory to modern audiences, the 1927 film was considered groundbreaking for its purely sympathetic treatment of African-Americans caught in the turbulent nightmare of slavery. Director Pollard emphasizes the horror of slavery with scenes of heart-wrenching drama and brutal violence -- as Eliza hysterically chases the wagon carries away her child, as Uncle Tom boldly defies the lashes of his tormentor (hardly the weak-willed persona his name has since come to connote).

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