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5.6/10
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- Writers
- Kenyon Nicholson(play "Eva the Fifth")
- John Golden(play "Eva the Fifth")
- Edgar Selwyn(adaptation)
- Stars
- Writers
- Kenyon Nicholson(play "Eva the Fifth")
- John Golden(play "Eva the Fifth")
- Edgar Selwyn(adaptation)
- Stars
Edward J. Nugent
- Dave Amazon
- (as Edward Nugent)
Baldwin Cooke
- Railroad Ticket Seller
- (uncredited)
Dannie Mac Grant
- Child
- (uncredited)
John T. Prince
- Mr. Oliver - Minister
- (uncredited)
Jack Stoutenburg
- Undetermined Secondary Role
- (uncredited)
- Writers
- Kenyon Nicholson(play "Eva the Fifth")
- John Golden(play "Eva the Fifth")
- Edgar Selwyn(adaptation) (added dialogue)
- All cast & crew
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaTraveling troupes of actors toured the country in various versions of "Uncle Tom's Cabin" called "Tom Shows." They basically cut the plot to a few key scenes and featured the main characters like Uncle Tom, Simon Legree, Topsy, and Little Eva.
- Quotes
Hattie Hartley: Will you get off the stage? Don't you see we're bringin' up.
Mal Thorne: Gee, Hat, you look swell!
Hattie Hartley: Not now, Mal! This is a death scene, not a love scene.
Review
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Bessie Love as Little Eva
Bessie Love stars as an actress touring in a fifth-rate company of UNCLE TOM'S CABIN. While playing in a hick town in Kansas, the local league of do-gooders discovers there's a child traveling with the show. They think it's Bessie Love, who plays Little Eva in the show, but it's really her kid sister (Nanci Price). The local undertaker (Jed Prouty) takes a shine to Bessie so she strings him along so they can get out of town with the kid sister. But in the next town, the company gets stranded when the manager (Ford Sterling) absconds with what little money there is.
Prouty has been following the touring company and helps them stage a benefit show for local flood victims if Bessie will abandon the stage and marry him. She agrees but the new manager (Raymond Hackett) secretly decides to use the kid sister as Little Eva. When Bessie finds out, she stuffs the kid full of chocolates so she gets sick and can't go on. Realizing how much she loves acting, so dumps Prouty because the show must go on.
Based on a Broadway play, EVA THE FIFTH, this is a solid early talkie vehicle for Love and she's quite good. The supporting case is also good, although Price is a bit much. Co-stars include Edward Nugent, Mary Doran, Lucy Beaumont, and Ethel Wales.
Historically this film is interesting because up through the Great Depression, plays based on UNCLE TOM'S CABIN famously toured the boonies of America and had for more than 50 years. These touring shows were called "Tommers" and took great liberties with the original novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe.
Worth a look.
Prouty has been following the touring company and helps them stage a benefit show for local flood victims if Bessie will abandon the stage and marry him. She agrees but the new manager (Raymond Hackett) secretly decides to use the kid sister as Little Eva. When Bessie finds out, she stuffs the kid full of chocolates so she gets sick and can't go on. Realizing how much she loves acting, so dumps Prouty because the show must go on.
Based on a Broadway play, EVA THE FIFTH, this is a solid early talkie vehicle for Love and she's quite good. The supporting case is also good, although Price is a bit much. Co-stars include Edward Nugent, Mary Doran, Lucy Beaumont, and Ethel Wales.
Historically this film is interesting because up through the Great Depression, plays based on UNCLE TOM'S CABIN famously toured the boonies of America and had for more than 50 years. These touring shows were called "Tommers" and took great liberties with the original novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe.
Worth a look.
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- drednm
- May 11, 2008
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- 1 hour 22 minutes
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