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Auction History Result 2t438 TOPSY & EVA window card '27 wonderful stone litho art of the Duncan Sisters in full make up! Date Sold 11/18/2008 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Window Card Movie Poster (WC; measures 14" x 22") (Learn More) 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. Important Added Info: Note that the back of this card was used to advertise a local dance held in 1927, and the person who did the illustration on the back of the card did an imitation art drawing of Jiggs & Maggie, with Maggie yelling at Jiggs, who she has knocked to the ground! This window card was never folded. Often window cards would be folded across the middle, because that would make them 11" x 14", and they could then be sent with standard folded posters. Most collectors put an added value on a window card that has never been folded. Condition: good to very good. Someone used the back of the card to make a homemade sign for a dance , but it has next-to-no effect on the front. There are some stains and scuffs around the edges of the card, and a few around the edges of the circular image, but overall, the card is in pretty good condition, especially considering it is 81 years old! Learn More about condition grades 
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