The Tale of a Thanksgiving Turkey (1908)
The scene opens with Thanksgiving Eve, showing husband and wife discussing the problem of how they can obtain a turkey for Thanksgiving dinner. The husband has been out of work for several months, and they are penniless. After fruitless discussion, the husband leaves the room in disgust. While passing a butcher shop he notices a sign, "Thanksgiving Turkeys Cheap." He resolves at all hazards to secure the turkey, and hits upon the bright idea of pawning his suit of clothes, knowing he has another suit just as serviceable at home. Being attired in a long overcoat, he enters the pawn shop, disrobes, replaces the coat, which reaches almost to his shoe tops, and pawns his suit: then secures the turkey and starts home. In the meantime his wife has written a letter to her mother, stating that, owing to adverse circumstances, it will be impossible for them to eat their turkey dinner with her, and she (the wife) is going to pawn one of her husband's two suits, and secure a turkey for their Thanksgiving dinner and surprise him. The wife pawns the garments and secures her turkey. The husband is next seen entering his apartments, placing his turkey on the table, and searching for his other suit of clothes, which he is of course unable to find. He retires to the next room as his wife enters with her turkey, and discovers that her husband has already secured one. Upon the husband's re-entrance, explanations and confessions follow, which are ludicrous in the extreme. During the wife's absence from the room the husband, not seeing the need of two turkeys, gives the turkey purchased by his wife to the janitor, and a short time later the wife, still believing that both of the turkeys are there, sends the husband's turkey to the Salvation Army. Again confidences are exchanged, and the husband finds himself without clothes and with no turkey for Thanksgiving. He attires himself in his wife's skirt, about to wander forth again, when the express agent brings in a large turkey, sent by his wife's mother. They are overjoyed at the unexpected windfall; place the turkey on the table, and the husband with a musket and the wife a sword patrol the table guarding the third turkey. The film is replete with comedy situations, and should be a great treat owing to its novelty.
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GenresComedy
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| Filmmakers | Role |
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| Gilbert M. 'Broncho Billy' Anderson | Director |
