The Chicken in the Case

1921 film

The Chicken in the Case

Directed by| Victor Heerman
Written by|

* Sarah Y. Mason
* Victor Heerman

Produced by| Lewis J. Selznick
Starring|

* Owen Moore
* Vivia Ogden
* Teddy Sampson

Production
company

Selznick Pictures

Distributed by| Selznick Pictures

Release date

* January 1921 (1921-01)

Running time

| 50 minutes
Country| United States
Language| Silent (English intertitles)

The Chicken in the Case is a 1921 American silent comedy film directed by Victor Heerman and starring Owen Moore, Vivia Ogden and Teddy Sampson.[1]

## Plot

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As described in a film magazine review,[2] Steve Perkins decides to borrow Winnie, the newly acquired wife of his roommate Percival, in order to meet his Aunt Sarah's wishes and receive his inheritance sooner. The aunt is so impressed with Winifred that she leaves the money in the name of the framed-up wife. Aunty, however, runs into Winifred and her real husband Percy together and becomes suspicious. She then stumbles upon suspicious circumstantial evidence and, after various humorous complications during which Steve marries someone else, the scheme unravels, Steve confesses to the hoax, and it all comes out right.

## Cast

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* Owen Moore as Steve Perkins
* Vivia Ogden as Aunt Sarah
* Teddy Sampson as Winnie Jones
* Edgar Nelson as Percival Jones
* Katherine Perry as Ruth Whitman
* Linus Aaberg as Maj. Whitman

## References

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1. ^ Munden p. 123
2. ^ "Tried and Proven Pictures: The Chicken in the Case". Exhibitors Trade Review. New York: Exhibitors Review Publishing Corporation: 31. April 19, 1924. Retrieved November 14, 2022. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

## Bibliography

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* Munden, Kenneth White. The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1. University of California Press, 1997.

## External links

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* The Chicken in the Case at IMDb

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Films directed by Victor Heerman

* The River's End (1920)
* Don't Ever Marry (1920)
* The Poor Simp (1920)
* The Chicken in the Case (1921)
* My Boy (1921)
* John Smith (1922)
* Love Is an Awful Thing (1922)
* Modern Marriage (1923)
* Rupert of Hentzau (1923)
* The Dangerous Maid (1923)
* Modern Matrimony (1923)
* The Confidence Man (1924)
* Old Home Week (1925)
* Irish Luck (1925)
* For Wives Only (1926)
* Rubber Heels (1927)
* Ladies Must Dress (1927)
* Love Hungry (1928)
* Paramount on Parade (1930)
* Personality (1930)
* Animal Crackers (1930)
* Sea Legs (1930)

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