Topsy and Eva

Hundreds Of Thousands Roared At Their Antics On The Stage -- Millions Will Enjoy The Laugh Of Their Lives When They See The Internationally Famous -- Duncan Sisters In The Motion Picture 'Topsy And Eva'

Topsy is the main character in this movie. When the black girl who "jes' growed" is auctioned as a slave but nobody will bid on her, Little Eva purchases Topsy for a nickel. That's the one part of this movie that I found plausible: slaveholders often refused to buy children, since their upkeep in food usually exceeded any labour they performed. There's a gooey romantic subplot between Mariette (the niece of Simon Legree) and George Shelby, son of a prominent slaveholder.

Direction

Del Lord

D.W. Griffith

Lois Weber

Screenplay

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Harriet Beecher Stowe

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Catherine Chisholm Cushing

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Scott Darling

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Dudley Early

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Jack Wagner

Lois Weber