The World Film Corporation selected a good one among plays when it picturized Harriet Beecher Stowe's immortal "Uncle Tom's Cabin." It's difficult to conceive that anyone would not be interested in seeing "Uncle Tom" visualized on the sheet. While there is no extraordinary excitement in the five-reeler, it is holding, and as each of the well known characters are woven into the tale, the sentiment always connected with "Uncle Tom" in America surges forth. The playing is praiseworthy. Irving Cummings as Harris and Mary Eline as Little Eva are featured. Miss Eline is "The Thanhouser Kid." The story of the picture is fully described in the programed synopsis, which follows:

  Geo. Shelby is forced to sell his faithful old slave Tom and the infant son of Eliza Harris, in order to save his property from Haley, the slave trader and holder of the mortgage. Eliza, hearing she is to be separated from her baby, makes her escape to join her husband, George Harris, who, with Vance, were well on their way to freedom. Learning of the departure, Haley immediately puts the hounds on her trail. The searching party arrives on the river bank in time to see Eliza leaping over the broken ice, upon which the dogs and men feared to tread. A second party is organized by Lawyer Marks, but fails to capture the fugitive, who has been befriended by a kindly Quaker and has in the meantime joined her husband. During the sail to Haley's plantation Tom's attention from his Bible, is attracted by the cry of "Overboard." Making a bold rush, this wonderful old man leaps into the water and brings little Eva St. Clair, who has wandered from her Aunt and fallen overboard, to safety. This noble deed caused his purchase by Mr. St. Clair, who treated him with every kindness, making him a companion for his small daughter Eva, who joyed in Uncle Tom's explanation of the Bible. Sadness finally came, when little Eva dies, and a second calamity when her father is killed while separating two roughs in a quarrel. This necessitates the sale of his slaves and property. Uncle Tom falls into the hands of Simon Legree, the most brutal slave owner of the South. His life here is simply a matter of how long it can last under the terrible strain and treatment he receives. The final blow came when Legree's housekeeper, Casey, and his favorite slave, Emmeline, escaped during one of his debauches. Going to Tom, he demands to know their whereabouts. Being unable to give this information, Tom is flogged and cast in a corner to die. Young Shelby, now a man, searches the South to fulfill his youthful promise to buy Tom. He reaches the little hut just in time to cheer the dying hour of his old slave, when has just enough time left to show his gratitude. Sime.