A growing source of silent era film information. This listing is from The Progressive Silent Film List by Carl Bennett. Copyright © 1999-2025 by Carl Bennett and the Silent Era Company. All Rights Reserved.

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The Oily Bird
(1928) United States of America
B&W : One reel
Directed by Otto Messmer

Cast: Felix the cat

Pat Sullivan Productions production by arrangement with The Bijou Films, Incorporated; distributed by Educational Film Exchanges, Incorporated [A Pat Sullivan Cartoon]. / Produced by Pat Sullivan. Animation by Raoul Barré. Ink and paint artist, Al Eugster. Presented by Jacques Kopfstein. / Released 5 February 1928. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Silent film.

Comedy: Cartoon.

Survival status: Print exists.

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 10 July 2025.

References: Website-IMDb.

Home video: DVD.