When the sailor is distracted from playing with his parrot by the pretty housemaid next door, the parrot follows him to break up the budding romance.

It's a crudely executed comedy, with the chief point of interest being the well-trained bird playing tricks. Despite this opinion, it seems to have been moderately popular at the time. The production company, Clarendon, made a series of comedy shorts about the uncredited Jack Tar. At least four of them featured his remarkable bird.

Surviving British short subjects of the period seem to be primitively shot and executed. Part of the reason for this might have been lack of talent. World War One was going on, and fit young men were expected to be part of the effort -- hence, no doubt, the series, with its unnamed star in a sailor suit. Also, there wasn't much in the way of competition, with most of Europe engulfed in war and their film industries similarly ravaged.

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Jack Spratt's Parrot as the Artful Dodger

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