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Uncle Tom’s
Cabin
(1914)

This film, one of at least ten versions of the venerable play produced during the silent era, was produced by World Film Manufacturing Company and stars Sam Lucas, Walter Hitchcock, Marie Eline, Boots Wall, Roy Applegate, Hattie Delaro and Irving Cummings.

Kino Classics
2019 Blu-ray Disc edition

Uncle Tom’s Cabin (1914), black & white, 52 minutes, not rated, with Uncle Tom’s Cabin (1927), black & white, 112 minutes, not rated, and Uncle Tom’s Cabin (1910), black & white, 25 minutes, not rated.

Kino Lorber, K929, UPC 7-38329-23929-9.
One single-sided, dual-layered, Regions ABC Blu-ray Disc, 1.33:1 aspect ratio image in pillarboxed 16:9 (1920 x 1080 pixels) progressive scan AVC (MPEG-4) format, SDR (standard dynamic range), ? Mbps average video bit rate, ? Kbps audio bit rate, Dolby Digital 2.0 sound, English language intertitles, no foreign language subtitles, chapter stops; standard BD keepcase; $29.95.
Release date: 20 August 2019.
Country of origin: USA

This Blu-ray Disc edition has been produced for home video from archival 35mm print materials, with inserts to replace missing footage taken from an inferior VHS videotape copy.

The presentation features the original 1927 synchronized music score composed by Erno Rapee.

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Kino Classics
2019 DVD edition

Kino Lorber, K928, UPC 7-38329-23928-2.
One single-sided, dual-layered, Region 1 DVD disc, 1.33:1 aspect ratio image in pillarboxed 16:9 (720 x 480 pixels) interlaced scan MPEG-4 format, SDR (standard dynamic range), ? Mbps average video bit rate, ? Kbps audio bit rate, Dolby Digital 2.0 sound, English language intertitles, no foreign language subtitles, chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $19.95.
Release date: 20 August 2019.
Country of origin: USA

This DVD edition has been produced for home video from archival 35mm print materials, with inserts to replace missing footage taken from an inferior VHS videotape copy.

The presentation features the original 1927 music score composed by Erno Rapee.

USA: Click the logomark to purchase this Region 0 NTSC DVD edition from Amazon.com. Your purchase supports Silent Era.

Canada: Click the logomark to purchase this Region 0 NTSC DVD edition from Amazon.ca. Your purchase supports Silent Era.

Grapevine Video
2018 Blu-ray Disc edition

Uncle Tom’s Cabin (1914), black & white, 54 minutes, not rated,
with Uncle Tom’s Cabin; or, Slavery Days (1903), black & white, 19 minutes, not rated, and Uncle Tom’s Uncle (1926), black & white, 20 minutes, not rated.

Grapevine Video, no catalog number, UPC 0-89218-79549-6.
One single-sided, single-layered, Region 0 Blu-ray Disc (BD-R BDMV), 1.33:1 aspect ratio image in pillarboxed? 16:9? (1920 x 1080 pixels) interlaced scan AVC (MPEG-4) format, SDR (standard dynamic range), ? Mbps average video bit rate, ? Kbps audio bit rate, Dolby Digital 2.0 sound; English language intertitles, no foreign language subtitles; chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $16.95.
Release date: 9 February 2018.
Country of origin: USA

This BD-R edition was likely produced for home video from reduction print materials.

The film is presented with a music score performed by David Knudtson.

This is probably the best-looking home video edition of this film.

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Grapevine Video
2018 DVD edition

Uncle Tom’s Cabin (1927), black & white, 54 minutes, not rated,
with Uncle Tom’s Cabin; or, Slavery Days (1903), black & white, 19 minutes, not rated, and Uncle Tom’s Uncle (1926), black & white, 20 minutes, not rated.

Grapevine Video, no catalog number, UPC 0-89218-79549-6.
One single-sided, single-layered, Region 0 NTSC DVD-R disc, 1.33:1 aspect ratio image in full-frame 4:3 (720 x 480 pixels) interlaced scan MPEG-2 format, SDR (standard dynamic range), ? Mbps average video bit rate, ? Kbps audio bit rate, Dolby Digital 2.0 sound, English language intertitles, no foreign language subtitles, chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $16.95.
Release date: February 2018.
Country of origin: USA

This DVD-R edition was likely produced for home video from reduction print materials.

The film is presented with a music score performed by David Knudtson.

USA: Click the logomark to purchase this Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition from Amazon.com. Your purchase supports Silent Era.

This Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is also available directly from . . .

Alpha Video
2017 DVD edition

Uncle Tom’s Cabin (1914), black & white, ? minutes, not rated,
Uncle Tom’s Cabin (1910) [abridged], black & white, ? minutes, not rated.

Alpha Home Entertainment, distributed by Oldies.com,
ALP 7954D, UPC 0-89218-79549-6.
One single-sided, single-layered, Region 0 NTSC DVD-R disc, 1.33:1 aspect ratio image in full-frame 4:3 (720 x 480 pixels) interlaced scan MPEG-2 format, SDR (standard dynamic range), ? Mbps average video bit rate, ? Kbps audio bit rate, Dolby Digital 2.0 mono sound, English language intertitles, no foreign language subtitles, chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; $7.98 (raised to $8.98).
Release date: 16 May 2017.
Country of origin: USA

This DVD-R edition is likely produced for home video from reduction print materials.

The presentation likely features a music score compiled from preexisting recordings.

Our copy of this disc will not play at all in any of the four Blu-ray Disc, DVD and laptop players we tried; we had trouble with four discs manufactured by Alpha Video in 2016-2017, which may indicate a formatting or duplication incompatibility on Alpha’s part.

This Region 0 NTSC DVD-R edition is available directly from . . .