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Topsy and Eva
(1927) United States of America
B&W : Feature film
Directed by Del Lord + [D.W. Griffith]

Cast: Rosetta Duncan, Vivian Duncan, Noble Johnson

Art Cinema Corporation production; distributed by United Artists Corporation. / Produced by Joseph M. Schenck. / Released 24 July 1927. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Lois Weber declined to direct this film based on the subject matter, which she considered racist. The film was chiefly directed by Lord; Schenck had Griffith shoot additional scenes and supervised the editing. Hirschhorn-Universal p. 56 mistakenly lists the release year as 1929. / Silent film.

Drama.

Survival status: Print exists in the Library of Congress film archive.

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: African-Americans - Blackface

Listing updated: 15 May 2017.

References: Barry-Griffith p. 80; Bohn-Light p. 114; Hirschhorn-Universal p. 56; Null-Black p. 21 : Documentary-Slide : with additional information provided by Manish Patwari.

Home video: DVD.