| The Chicken in the Case | |
| Director: | Victor Heerman |
| Producer: | Lewis J. Selznick |
| Studio: | Selznick Pictures |
| Distributor: | Selznick Pictures |
| Runtime: | 50 minutes |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | Silent (English intertitles) |
The Chicken in the Case is a 1921 American silent comedy film directed by Victor Heerman and starring Owen Moore, Vivia Ogden and Teddy Sampson.[1]
As described in a film magazine review,[2] Steve Perkins decides to borrow Winnie, the newly acquired wife of his roommate Percival, in order to meet his Aunt Sarah's wishes and receive his inheritance sooner. The aunt is so impressed with Winifred that she leaves the money in the name of the framed-up wife. Aunty, however, runs into Winifred and her real husband Percy together and becomes suspicious. She then stumbles upon suspicious circumstantial evidence and, after various humorous complications during which Steve marries someone else, the scheme unravels, Steve confesses to the hoax, and it all comes out right.