[1][2] As described in a review in a film magazine,[3] Jimmy Burke (Hines), independent milk man, changes clothes with a wealthy young chap who wants to put pep into a party, and, at the same time, party hostess Jean Blair (Holmquist) dresses as a maid.

George Fairchild (Standing), manager of the milk trust of which Jean is president, is pulling crooked business, and Jimmy gets on to him.

She also gets wind of his plan to poison the independent’s supply, and sends a message to Jimmy who goes out and destroys the early deliveries.

Jimmy arrives on the scene, fights the villain, and rescues Jean just as she is about to be killed by a machine used for cutting the ice.

A complete print of The Early Bird is held in the Library of Congress and UCLA Film and Television Archive.