# Toby's Bow

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{{short description|1919 film by Harry Beaumont}}
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{{infobox film
| name           = Toby's Bow
| image          = Toby's Bow (1919) poster.jpg
| caption        = Theatrical release poster
| director       = [Harry Beaumont](/source/Harry_Beaumont)
| producer       = 
| writer         = [Edward T. Lowe Jr.](/source/Edward_T._Lowe_Jr.) (scenario)
| screenplay     = 
| based_on       = {{based on|''Toby's Bow''|[John Taintor Foote](/source/John_Taintor_Foote)}}
| starring       = [Tom Moore](/source/Tom_Moore_(actor))<br>[Doris Pawn](/source/Doris_Pawn)<br>Macey Harlam<br>Arthur Housman<br>[Colin Kenny](/source/Colin_Kenny_(actor))<br>[Augustus Phillips](/source/Augustus_Phillips)
| music          = 
| cinematography = [Norbert Brodine](/source/Norbert_Brodine)
| editing        = 
| studio         = [Goldwyn Pictures](/source/Goldwyn_Pictures)
| distributor    = Goldwyn Pictures
| released       = {{Film date|1919|12|14}}
| runtime        = 50 minutes; 5 [reels](/source/reel)
| country        = United States
| language       = [Silent](/source/Silent_film) (English [intertitle](/source/intertitle)s)
}}

'''''Toby's Bow''''' is a 1919 American silent [drama film](/source/drama_film) directed by [Harry Beaumont](/source/Harry_Beaumont) and starring [Tom Moore](/source/Tom_Moore_(actor)), [Doris Pawn](/source/Doris_Pawn), Macey Harlam, Arthur Housman, [Colin Kenny](/source/Colin_Kenny_(actor)), and [Augustus Phillips](/source/Augustus_Phillips). It is based on the 1919 play of the same name by [John Taintor Foote](/source/John_Taintor_Foote). The film was released by [Goldwyn Pictures](/source/Goldwyn_Pictures) on December 14, 1919.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.afi.com/members//catalog/AbbrView.aspx?s=&Movie=2333|title=Toby's Bow|work=afi.com|accessdate=17 May 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/tobys-bow-v113989|title=Toby's Bow|work=AllMovie|accessdate=17 May 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/498920/tobys-bow|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210607190034/https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/498920/tobys-bow|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 7, 2021|title=Toby's Bow|work=Turner Classic Movies|access-date=17 May 2018}}</ref>

==Plot==
{{no plot|date=May 2018}}

==Cast==
*[Tom Moore](/source/Tom_Moore_(actor)) as Tom Blake
*[Doris Pawn](/source/Doris_Pawn) as Eugenia
*[Macey Harlam](/source/Macey_Harlam) as Dubois
*[Arthur Housman](/source/Arthur_Housman) as Bagby
*[Colin Kenny](/source/Colin_Kenny_(actor)) as Bainbridge
*[Augustus Phillips](/source/Augustus_Phillips) as Paige
*Catherine Wallace as Valerie
*Violet Schram as Mona
*[Ruby Lafayette](/source/Ruby_Lafayette) as Grandmother
*[George Kuwa](/source/George_Kuwa) as Jap
*[Nick Cogley](/source/Nick_Cogley) as Uncle Toby

==Production==
The role of the servant, Uncle Toby, was played by Nick Cogley in [blackface](/source/blackface).  The use of blackface was not unusual in American silent films, and did not disappear in films until the 1930s when public sensibilities regarding [race](/source/Race_(classification_of_human_beings)) began to change and blackface became increasingly associated with racism and [bigotry](/source/bigotry).<ref name=Kenrick>Kenrick, John. [http://www.musicals101.com/blackface.htm Blackface and Old Wounds]. Musicals101.com. From ''Theatre Lover's Journal'', Nov. 2000.</ref>

==Preservation==
''Toby's Bow'' is now considered to be a [lost film](/source/lost_film).<ref>[http://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.9906/default.html American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: ''Toby's Bow'']</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
{{commons category|Toby's Bow}}
*{{IMDb title|id=0010784|title=Toby's Bow}}

{{Harry Beaumont}}

Category:1919 drama films
Category:Lost American silent drama films
Category:1919 films
Category:American silent feature films
Category:American black-and-white films
Category:Goldwyn Pictures films
Category:American films based on plays
Category:1919 lost films
Category:1919 American films
Category:1919 English-language films

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