Topsy and Eva

Drama · 1927

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.

Starring

Rosetta Duncan, Del Lord, Lois Weber, Vivian Duncan, Gibson Gowland, Lois Weber, Noble Johnson, Harriet Beecher Stowe, John W. Boyle, John W. Boyle, Marjorie Daw

Director

Del Lord