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1910 film by J. Stuart Blackton
Uncle Tom's Cabin
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A surviving film still.
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Directed by
| J. Stuart Blackton
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Written by
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Produced by
| Vitagraph Studios
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Starring
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Release date
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- July 26, 1910
(
1910-07-26
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Country
| United States
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Languages
| Silent film
English
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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.
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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
)
.
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Release
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Each of the film's three reels was released on a different day: Tuesday, July 26; Friday, July 29; and Saturday, July 30, 1910.
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Legacy
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According to Prof. Stephen Railton, "Vitagraph’s 1910 production was the first 'three-reeler.'"
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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."
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See also
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References
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External links
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Media related to
Uncle Tom's Cabin (1910 Vitagraph film)
at Wikimedia Commons
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