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Auction History Result 4s373 TOPSY & EVA WC '27 wonderful stone litho of the Duncan Sisters as famous Stowe characters! Date Sold 4/14/2009 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical Paperbacked 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 this poster has been paperbacked. What is paperbacking? This means the poster was backed onto a light paper backing (acid-free), that is similar in feel to that of the original poster (it means that the poster must be handled carefully, as the backing does not give it much added strength, but it is similar to having an unrestored poster, and yet it has been properly preserved). It is a similar process to linenbacking, except that most collectors use linenbacking for one-sheets and paperbacking for half-sheets, inserts, window cards. Condition: good to very good. The poster had pinholes, creases, tears, and some areas of paper loss around the edges of the poster and some creases, smudges, scuffs, and a few pinholes scattered throughout the image, but fortunately very few in the faces of the stars. Overall, the poster was in good to very good condition prior to paperbacking. The poster was well backed by a talented restorer, who did not touch up many of the faint smudges and scuffs (and I agree with that decision, because to do so would have required lots of paint, which would have given the poster a "heavily restored" look, and I don't feel the smudges and scuffs are all that distracting, and they help establish that this is a genuine 82 year-old original poster!). Obviously, one would prefer to find an example of this window card that had no defects or restoration, but I do not know if another example of this card exists (or if it does, if the owner would consider parting with it!). This card has had expert restoration and displays nicely. Learn More about condition grades 
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