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The Ham What Was
(1917) United States of America
B&W : Two reels
Directed by Richard Foster Baker
Cast: Harry Dunkinson [Tom McNulty], Mabel Bardine [Maizie McNulty], Abigail the pig
Essanay Film Manufacturing Company production; distributed by The General Film Company, Incorporated [Black Cat Comedies]. / Scenario by Charles J. McGuirk, from a story by J.P. McEvoy. / Released 3 May 1917. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.
Comedy.
Synopsis: [?] [From The Moving Picture World]? Abigail, a trained pig, is the principal attraction of the McNulty’s vaudeville act. The jinx seems to follow Tom and his wife, however. They finally get a week’s work, but Tom, in celebration, spends his salary in getting “pickled.” More than that, he trades off Abigail for more liquor. Maizie, his wife, recovers the pig, but the jinx is still on the job. The McNultys are on the verge of starvation when a telegram comes offering them another week’s work. To celebrate the occasion they make a “square meal” off Abigail. When they arrive for the work, however, they discover that all the manager wanted was the trained pig. They had literally eaten their act.
Survival status: (unknown)
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 29 October 2022.
References: Spehr-American p. 4 : Website-IMDb.
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