Editing Pass the Gravy

{{short description|1928 film}}
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{{Infobox film
| name           = Pass the Gravy
| image          = File:Lobby_card_for_1928_silent_film_Pass_the_Gravy.jpg
| alt            = 
| caption        = Lobby card advertising film
| native_name      = 
| director       = [[Fred Guiol]]
| producer       = [[Hal Roach]]
| writer         = Fred Guiol 
| screenplay     = 
| story          = 
| based_on       = 
| starring       = [[Max Davidson]]<br>[[Gene Morgan]]<br>[[Spec O'Donnell]]<br>[[Martha Sleeper]]<br>[[Bert Sprotte]]
| narrator       = 
| music          = 
| cinematography = [[George Stevens]] 
| editing        = [[Richard C. Currier]]
| studio         = [[Hal Roach|Hal Roach Studios]]
| distributor    = [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer|Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Distributing Corporation]]
| released       = {{Film date|1928|01}}
| runtime        = 2 reels
| country        = United States
| language       = [[Silent film|Silent]]
| budget         = 
| gross          = 
}}

'''''Pass the Gravy''''' is a 1928 short comedy [[silent film]] directed by [[Fred Guiol]] and supervised by [[Leo McCarey]]. It stars [[Max Davidson]], [[Gene Morgan]], [[Spec O'Donnell]], [[Martha Sleeper]], and [[Bert Sprotte]]. The movie was produced by [[Hal Roach]] and distributed by [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer|Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Distributing Corporation]]. In 1998, the film was deemed "culturally significant" by the [[Library of Congress]] and selected for preservation in the United States [[National Film Registry]].<ref name="Turan2014">{{cite book|author=Kenneth Turan|title=Not to be Missed: Fifty-four Favorites from a Lifetime of Film|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JMAiBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA9|date=June 3, 2014|publisher=Perseus Books Group|isbn=978-1-58648-396-8|pages=9–}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.edition-filmmuseum.com/product_info.php/language/en/info/p99_Max-Davidson-Comedies.html | title=Max Davidson Comedies | publisher=Edition Filmmuseum}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Complete National Film Registry Listing |url=https://www.loc.gov/programs/national-film-preservation-board/film-registry/complete-national-film-registry-listing/|website=Library of Congress|access-date=May 7, 2020}}</ref>

==Plot==
Schultz is proud of his prize-winning [[rooster]], Brigham. Davidson, who lives next door, raises flowers and has a son named Ignatz. Schultz's son has just become engaged to Davidson's daughter. Although the two fathers don't get along, their children's engagement seems like a good time to bury the hatchet. A celebration dinner is planned and Ignatz is given two dollars to go purchase a chicken. But Ignatz, wanting to keep the money for himself, takes Brigham instead. When the families gather together to eat the chicken, Ignatz realizes that he left Brigham's 1st Prize tag on the now cooked leg. Gradually, they all realize the chicken is Brigham, everyone, except the two fathers, Schultz and Davidson. Ignatz runs away from home, but not before having an ambulance "stand by" for emergencies. The engaged couple pantomime the truth to Davidson who after a scuffle runs away too.

The engaged couple's pantomine efforts become increasingly frantic, and include the woman "laying an egg" and the man mussing his hair and impersonating a rooster.  When Davidson catches on, a game of "keepaway' develops with the incriminating  drumstick; including forward passes and flying tackles.

==Cast==
*[[Max Davidson]] - The father
*[[Gene Morgan]] - Schultz's son
*[[Spec O'Donnell]] - Ignatz
*[[Martha Sleeper]] - The daughter
*[[Bert Sprotte]] - Schultz

==References==
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==External links==
*''Pass the Gravy'' essay [https://www.loc.gov/static/programs/national-film-preservation-board/documents/pass_gravy.pdf] by Steve Massa on the [[National Film Registry]] website 
*{{IMDb title|id=0019253|title=Pass the Gravy}}
*[http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/P/PassTheGravy1928.html ''Pass the Gravy''] at Silent Era
*''Pass the Gravy'' essay by Daniel Eagan in America's Film Legacy: The Authoritative Guide to the Landmark Movies in the National Film Registry, A&C Black, 2010 {{ISBN|0826429777}}, pages 136-137 [https://books.google.com/books?id=deq3xI8OmCkC]

{{Fred Guiol}}

[[Category:1928 films]]
[[Category:American black-and-white films]]
[[Category:1928 comedy films]]
[[Category:Films directed by Fred Guiol]]
[[Category:Films directed by Leo McCarey]]
[[Category:Hal Roach Studios short films]]
[[Category:United States National Film Registry films]]
[[Category:Silent American comedy short films]]
[[Category:1928 short films]]
[[Category:1920s American films]]


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