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Auction History Result TOPSY & EVA 24sh Appears in Hershenson Pressbook CollectionThe image at right is provided for reference purposes and we do not we have it available for purchase, nor do we know of anyone who does! Topsy and Eva, the 1927 Del Lord & D.W. Griffith silent pre-Civil War anti-slavery black African American comedy melodrama short ("Based on the play by Catherine Chisholm Cushing") starring Rosetta Duncan (in the title role as Topsy), Vivian Duncan (in the title role as Eva), Gibson Gowland (as Simon Leegree), Noble Johnson (as Uncle Tom), and Marjorie Daw. Note that the title characters of this movie were of course drawn from the classic novel "Uncle Tom's Cabin" by Harriet Beecher Stowe, but little else from the novel was used, except for the names of the other leading characters! The Duncan Sisters were popular vaudevillians in the 1920s, and they had a big hit with the stage play version of this movie (interestingly, they did not originate the roles, which were originated by The White Sisters in 1923), and this film version was based on that, but was not completely faithful to the stage play. It was the Duncan Sisters' first movie, even though one sister was in her late 20s and the other was 30 when this movie was made, which did not help, since they were playing pre-teen girls! Note that famous black actor Noble Johnson played the role of Uncle Tom in this movie. NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. If you know who did the art (if any), please let us know. 
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