| Uncle Tom's Cabin | |
| Director: | J. Stuart Blackton |
| Producer: | Vitagraph Studios |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | 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]
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]
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."