The Jailbird
Shakespeare Clancy is a jailbird who walks out with a crowd of visitors about the time "Skeeter" Burns, the prison printer, is discharged. Learning that a legacy awaits them in Dodson, the pair depart for the small Western town. Discovering that the bequest consists of a failing county newspaper and a plot of barren land, they hatch a plan to fleece the townspeople by selling shares in a bogus oil well. Problems arise when Clancy falls in love with society editor Alice Whitney. Clancy is conflicted but then they do strike oil! Concluding that his destiny is to be an honest man, Clancy returns to jail to finish serving his term. Slipping into the crowd of visitors, he dons his prison clothes and resumes work as though nothing had happened.
Cast
Shakespeare Clancy
Douglas MacLeanAlice Whitney
Doris May'Skeeter' Burns (as Lew Morrison)
Louis MorrisonNoah Gibbs
William CourtrightElkemah Pardee
Otto HoffmanAsa Grider (as Monty Collins)
Monte Collins Sr.Grandpa Binney
Bert WoodruffAlva Finch (as Joe Hazelton)
Joseph HazeltonJoel Harvey
Wilbur HigbyMrs. Whitney (as Edith Yorke)
Edith Murgatroyd
Douglas MacLeanAlice Whitney
Doris May'Skeeter' Burns (as Lew Morrison)
Louis MorrisonNoah Gibbs
William CourtrightElkemah Pardee
Otto HoffmanAsa Grider (as Monty Collins)
Monte Collins Sr.Grandpa Binney
Bert WoodruffAlva Finch (as Joe Hazelton)
Joseph HazeltonJoel Harvey
Wilbur HigbyMrs. Whitney (as Edith Yorke)
Edith Murgatroyd
