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Father’s Chicken Dinner
(1913) United States of America
B&W : Split-reel
Directed by Dell Henderson
Cast: Clarence L. Barr (Clarence Barr) [Ferdinand Fiction, an author], Dave Morris [Ferdinand’s father], Sylvia Ashton [Mrs. Ferdinand Fiction], Charles West [the butcher], Charles Murray [the first policeman], Gus Pixley [the second policeman
Biograph Company production; distributed by The General Film Company, Incorporated. / From a screen story by Beatrice Prucha. / Released 18 August 1913; in a split-reel with The Suffragette Minstrels (1913). / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.
Comedy.
Synopsis: [?] [From The Moving Picture World]? The publisher wrote Ferdinand to change his story and kill the old man on his arrival. Then father came to town. He read the note. In the kitchen Ferdinand was preparing a chicken dinner, where a live chicken refused to be cooked. Father believed the worst and summoned the police, which enabled the chief to test his new method of putting speed into cops.
Survival status: (unknown)
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 13 December 2024.
References: Spehr-American p. 1 : Website-IMDb.
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