A College Chicken - Production & Contact Info

A College Chicken (1910)
Short | Short, Comedy

A College Chicken (1910)

Short | Short, Comedy

We are first shown a dusky gentleman invading a chicken coop, from whence he issues bearing a fine, fat pullet. As he slinks up the street he runs into a bunch of college boys out on the usual campaign of deviltry. The suspicious actions ...See moreWe are first shown a dusky gentleman invading a chicken coop, from whence he issues bearing a fine, fat pullet. As he slinks up the street he runs into a bunch of college boys out on the usual campaign of deviltry. The suspicious actions of the colored man and the wriggling contents of the bag he carries excite the boys' curiosity and when it is found that the bag contains a chicken. It is removed from the colored gentleman's person, while he is told to make tracks in the opposite direction. In their room the boys execute the chicken and prepare for a feast, despite the fact that there is a card tacked on their walls from some college dignitary warning them of immediate expulsion if they are caught cooking food in their room. However, the boys unanimously agree that chicken is something other than food, so they prepare for the feast. During the execution of the chicken and the rendering of it into enough parts to go around the boys bring out a chafing dish, and other table accessories, when they are interrupted by the sound of footsteps in the hall outside. There is a wild scramble as the boys endeavor to hide all evidence of the feast, and when Prof. Pettibone enters he finds his young men studying faithfully, the only evidence of the feast being one or two chicken feathers which the boys failed to hide. The professor goes out and a moment later the chicken is brought forth and preparations continue. Finally it is cooked and ready to serve when the professor is again heard coming up the hall. Seizing a waste basket, the boys stow the cooked chicken in the basket and lower it out the window. When the professor returns he finds the boys again busily occupied with their tasks, but this time he stays longer, as he is perfectly sure that that delicious aroma of fried chicken must be real. In the meantime the waste basket containing the chafing dish and chicken has been discovered by the girls occupying the room below, and, believing this to be a present from the boys, they remove the dish and are soon busily employed. When the last atom of meat is stripped from the bones of the chicken they restore the bones to the chafing dish, write a note of thanks to the boys, and put the dish back into the waste basket. In the room above the professor, who is unable to find any evidence of the supposed rule breaking, bids the boys good night. There is rush for the window; the basket is raised and the chafing dish place on the table, when, to their horror, they find nothing left but the bones. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less