A growing source of silent era film information. This listing is from The Progressive Silent Film List by Carl Bennett. Copyright © 1999-2024 by Carl Bennett and the Silent Era Company. All Rights Reserved.

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A Bird in the Hand
(1929) United States of America
B&W : Two reels
Directed by Walter Graham

Cast: Lois Wilson [the wife], Jason Robards [the husband], Dot Farley [the giddy widow], Roy D’Arcy [the widow’s brother]

Christie Film Company, Incorporated, production; distributed by Paramount Pictures Corporation. / Produced by Al Christie. From a screen story by Percy Heath. Assistant director, Art Black (Arthur S. Black Jr.). Cinematography by Gus Peterson and Alex Phillips. / Released 16 February 1929. / [?] Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format? [?] Western Electric synchronized sound system? / Christie’s second sound film release. / Full-sound film.

Comedy.

Survival status: Print exists in the UCLA Film and Television Archive film archive [incomplete 35mm nitrate positive (reel two only)].

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 4 October 2023.

References: Drew-Speaking p. 289 : Website-IMDb.