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A Misappropriated Turkey
(1913) United States of America
B&W : One reel
Directed by [?] D.W. Griffith?

Cast: Charles H. West [the striker], Claire McDowell [Mrs. Fallon], Edna Foster [the striker’s son], Harry Carey [the bartender], John T. Dillon [a union member], Frank Evans [a union member], Robert Harron [a union member], Walter P. Lewis [a union member], Charles Hill Mailes [a union member], Joseph McDermott [a union member; and a man in the bar], W. Chrystie Miller [a union member], Jack Pickford [a boy on the street]

Biograph Company production; distributed by The General Film Company, Incorporated. / Scenario by Edward Acker. Cinematography by G.W. Bitzer. / Released 27 January 1913. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / [?] Katherine Stone (in Barry-Griffith p. 43) notes that this film was probably directed by D.W. Griffith, though no contemporary facts confirming this are available.

Drama.

Survival status: (unknown)

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 21 May 2012.

References: Barry-Griffith p. 43; Spehr-American p. 3 : Website-IMDb.