The Early Bird
Directed by Colin CampbellHuntington Morgan, a leading man "out of work," finds himself one day penniless and breakfast-less. This is his lucky day, however, and fortune leads him straight to a wallet containing several hundred dollars in greenbacks. The wallet was dropped by footpads, who had held up a wealthy real estate man named Aleshire. In the wallet is Aleshire's address. Aleshire, however, has recently rented his townhouse to a spinster, Miss Mahaffy, and has moved to a suburb. Overjoyed at his find, Morgan crosses the street toward a restaurant to stay the pangs of hunger. He is knocked down and rendered unconscious by a passing automobile. The owner of the car finds Aleshire's address in the wallet, concludes that the victim is the owner of the name, and forthwith transports him to the Aleshire townhouse. Miss Mahaffy is out. A maid, who has just been hired that day, allows the frightened car owner to deposit the injured actor in Miss Mahaffy's bed. Miss Mahaffy soon returns. Also Mr. Morgan awakes. He takes in the situation in a moment, and cleverly allows the flustered spinster to believe him to be Mr. Aleshire, whom she has never seen in person, having done business through his agent. The fun waxes fast and furious. Mr. Morgan's false pretenses are at last discovered, but he handles his discoverers so cleverly that he gets away with the roll of greenbacks after all.
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The Early Bird was released on 19 de febrero de 1913.
The Early Bird was directed by Colin Campbell.
The Early Bird has a runtime of 11min.
The Early Bird was produced by William Nicholas Selig.
Huntington Morgan, a leading man "out of work," finds himself one day penniless and breakfast-less. This is his lucky day, however, and fortune leads him straight to a wallet containing several hundred dollars in greenbacks. The wallet was dropped by footpads, who had held up a wealthy real estate man named Aleshire. In the wallet is Aleshire's address. Aleshire, however, has recently rented his townhouse to a spinster, Miss Mahaffy, and has moved to a suburb. Overjoyed at his find, Morgan crosses the street toward a restaurant to stay the pangs of hunger. He is knocked down and rendered unconscious by a passing automobile. The owner of the car finds Aleshire's address in the wallet, concludes that the victim is the owner of the name, and forthwith transports him to the Aleshire townhouse. Miss Mahaffy is out. A maid, who has just been hired that day, allows the frightened car owner to deposit the injured actor in Miss Mahaffy's bed. Miss Mahaffy soon returns. Also Mr. Morgan awakes. He takes in the situation in a moment, and cleverly allows the flustered spinster to believe him to be Mr. Aleshire, whom she has never seen in person, having done business through his agent. The fun waxes fast and furious. Mr. Morgan's false pretenses are at last discovered, but he handles his discoverers so cleverly that he gets away with the roll of greenbacks after all.
The key characters in The Early Bird are Huntington Morgan (Tom Santschi), Miss Mahaffy - an Amorous Spinster (Lillian Hayward), William Aleshire - the Real Estate Man (Frank Clark).
The Early Bird is a Comedia, Short film.