A Bird's a Bird
About A Bird's a Bird
Mr. Walrus needs a turkey for Thanksgiving dinner with his in-laws. He loses the money on a raffle. His neighbor Mr. Spegle cheats a foreigner out of the raffle's turkey, roasts it, and Walrus steals the bird. Unexpected guests and the cheated man turn the dinner into a fight.
Cast & crew
More about A Bird's a Bird
Mack Sennett produced the Keystone one-reeler. Mutual Film Corporation released it on February 8, 1915. Keystone copyrighted it that day as LP4415. The working title was Turkey and Bomb. The negative is 1,025 feet. Walter Wright is the director on Wikidata and IMDb. Silent Era lists no director credit.
Themes
Making
Sennett's working title, Turkey and Bomb, names the two props that wreck the dinner.
Preservation
A 35mm paper print is in the Library of Congress. Richard M. Roberts also holds a print.
Notes
- Chester Conklin plays Mr. Walrus. Minta Durfee plays his wife.
- Harry Ward plays Mr. Spegle. Alice Davenport plays Mrs. Spegle. William Hauber plays the raffle spinner, who also has a bomb.
- Grover Ligon plays Mrs. Walrus's father.
- Hank Mann, Al St. John, and Slim Summerville are in the Keystone company on the cast list.
- Silent Era records a paper print at the Library of Congress and another print in Richard M. Roberts's collection.
Scenes
- Walrus loses the turkey money on a raffle.
- He steals the roasted bird off Spegle's table.
- The cheated raffle winner arrives during dinner.
Also available
- Internet Archive (silent-a-birds-a-bird)
