
In Slavery Days
ShortDrama
Director
Otis Turner
Writers
James Dayton, Allan Dwan, Otis Turner
Stars
Robert Z. Leonard, Margarita Fischer, Jane Ainsley
Release Date
May 22, 1913
Language
English
Country
United States
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Reviews
🎭 Top Cast

Robert Z. Leonard
as Robert Thornton

Margarita Fischer
as Tennessee - the Octoroon
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Jane Ainsley
as The Blind Mother

Edna Maison
as Carlotta - the Slave Girl

Iva Shepard
as Mammy Sue - the Octoroon
🎬 Technical Specs
Aspect Ratio
1.33 : 1
Sound
Silent
Production
Rex Motion Picture Company
🏷️ Keywords
racism
🎯 Categories
DramaShort
⭐ Featured Review
The close is dramatic
"A very strong two-reel number, which tells in graphic pictures the old story of the octoroon who switched babies in order that her own might not be sold into slavery. The real daughter of the planter and his wife grows up as the property of the changeling. Later the hero, not knowing she is a slave, falls in love with her. The close is dramatic, the octoroon finally acknowledging the truth of the situation. She and her own daughter perish in a burning house and the real daughter is given her proper place in the family. Margarita Fischer and Edna Maison play the parts of the two girls. Good pho..."
📖 Synopsis
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