Margarita Fischer, past 40, came out of a two-year retirement, at the request of her husband, director Harry S. Pollard, to play the role of Eliza, but despite heavy makeup and soft-focus photography, could no longer disguise the passing of time, and never made another film. Ironically, she was only two years younger than Eulalie Jensen, the actress who played her mother.
This was the ninth and final silent-film adaptation of the 1852 novel "Uncle Tom's Cabin" by Harriet Beecher Stowe, making it the most adapted work of the silent era.
Margarita Fischer's final film.
The role of "Uncle Tom" was originally given to Charles Gilpin, but when Universal executives saw the first few days' dailies, they objected to Gilpin's "aggressive" performance and demanded that he be replaced. Character actor James B. Lowe auditioned for the part, gave a more "acceptable" reading and was awarded the role.
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