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Sweeney's Christmas Bird (1914)
Short | Comedy, Short

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Sweeney's Christmas Bird (1914)

Short | Comedy, Short

The Sweeneys live in the flat above the Clancys. Mrs. Sweeney makes the sad discovery that Caesar, her parrot, is dead. Mike, her husband, starts to give the bird "decent burial" and stops for a bracer at the corner café. There he meets ...See moreThe Sweeneys live in the flat above the Clancys. Mrs. Sweeney makes the sad discovery that Caesar, her parrot, is dead. Mike, her husband, starts to give the bird "decent burial" and stops for a bracer at the corner café. There he meets Clancy going home with his newly-purchased Christmas turkey. The two men imbibe several drinks and are soon a little befuddled, with the result that they get their packages mixed. Mike buries Clancy's turkey, while Clancy goes home with the dead parrot. When Mrs. Clancy sees the dead polly, she throws it at her husband and soon there is a grand row. Upstairs, the Sweeneys declare, "The Clancys are at it again." Sweeney tells his wife he will get a turk and have it sent home. Clancy, standing near the dumbwaiter, happens to overhear this. When the boy sends up the bird on the dumbwaiter. Clancy opens the little door in his apartment, yanks it off, leaves the dead parrot in its place and hides Sweeney's turkey in the cellar. Mrs. Sweeney almost faints when she opens the package and poor dead Caesar greets her eyes. She seizes a flatiron, stands by the door and awaits her husband's return. Meanwhile, Mrs. Clancy sends her husband to buy another turkey. He smiles to himself, takes the money and celebrates with it. At the saloon he meets Clancy and Sweeney wins a pig at a raffle. When they reach home, he tells his friend Clancy to carry the animal upstairs to his apartment, while he goes down in the cellar, only to find his bird has disappeared. Clancy opens Sweeney's door and is at once assaulted by the latter's wife, who thinks it is her husband. The two couples get into a fight and the result is they are all arrested. The magistrate gives them the alternative of, "The pig for your Christmas bird, or ten days." The following day all four sit down at. the table in Sweeney's parlor and enjoy a feast of roast pig. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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4 cast members

Name	Known for
Hughie Mack Sweeney Sweeney See fewer	Bringing Up Father (1915)
Flora Finch Mrs. Sweeney Mrs. Sweeney See fewer	The Cat and the Canary (1927)
William Shea Clancy Clancy See fewer	Davy Jones' Parrot (1910)
Kate Price Mrs. Clancy Mrs. Clancy See fewer	Quality Street (1927)