Two enslaved people are forcibly separated from their families when they are sold to a cruel neighbor.

This film is the last of nine silent film adaptations of Stowe’s novel. According to Stephen Railton, it was rigorously recut and shortened several times after its initial premiere.

Of the previous adaptations, two were released in 1903 (both filmed versions of traveling stage shows, of which one survives); two in 1910; and two in 1913 (both of these are lost); one in 1914; and one in 1918.

Railton notes that MGM considered making another adaptation of Uncle Tom’s Cabin in 1946, but canceled it when the NAACP protested.

Uncle Tom’s Cabin

Adapted from: Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe (1852)

Director: Harry A. Pollard

Year: 1927

Studio: Universal

Genre: Drama