Uncle Tom's Cabin

...all about. Getting work and entertaining people." At the time, Woodward was promoting a U.S. television film of "Uncle Tom's Cabin," in which played the wicked slave owner, Simon Legree. He found the role strangely refreshing. "If you are...

In this article: Edward Woodward, The Equalizer, London, The Wicker Man, Emmy Award, Golden Globe, and Michele Dotrice

...Spirit. His film appearances include roles in A Christmas Carol, Merlin And The Sword, The Young Winston, The Champions, Who Dares Wins and Uncle Tom's Cabin. Most recently, he appeared in the police movie send-up Hot Fuzz, starring Simon...

In this article: Edward Woodward, The Wicker Man, EastEnders, The Equalizer, Simon Pegg, Michele Dotrice, Robin Hardy, Noel Coward, and Callan

...Frank Losee and Walter P. Lewis. A 1927 version was directed by Harry A. Pollard (who'd played Uncle Tom in the 1913 release of Uncle Tom's Cabin). This two-hour movie spent more than a year in production and was the third most...

In this article: Uncle Tom's Cabin, Gangs of New York, Little Eva, Edwin S. Porter, Marie Eline, Harry A. Pollard, and Anna Rosemond

...Frohman needed an advertising gimmick to help rescue a poorly performing comedy troupe. Their answer was to stage a serious production of Uncle Tom's Cabin with a black man in the lead role. Lucas's reputation as an actor was well known, as...

In this article: Sam Lucas, Gustave Frohman, James A. Bland, Carve Dat Possum, and Bob Cole

...the daughter of director Ray Grey. One of her early babysitters was Gloria Swanson. Grey debuted at the age of ten in the silent film Uncle Tom's Cabin (1927) as Little Eva . She continued acting for a few more years, but then left movies in...

In this article: Virginia Grey, Ray Grey, MGM, Big Store, Hullabaloo, Another Thin Man, Gloria Swanson, and Mickey Rooney

Mona Ray (born January 17 1905) was an American stage and screen comedian / actress who appeared in the late 1927 silent film Uncle Tom's Cabin as the mischievous slave Topsy (a white actress appearing in black face). During the 1930s she...

In this article: Mona Ray, Lil Abner, and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

...Selig Polyscape Company, with the Imp Company in New York, New York, and even later, with Universal Pictures. Silent Movie Leading Lady; ''Uncle Tom's Cabin'' Fischer was in Hollywood silent films from at least 1910 until 1927. Her first...

In this article: Margarita Fischer, Universal, Harry Pollard, World War I, Encinitas, California, and Missouri Valley, Iowa