It's a Bear

{{short description|1924 short film by Robert F. McGowan}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2020}}

{{Infobox film

| name = It's a Bear

| image = OG Its a bear TC.jpg

| caption = Intertitle

| director = Robert F. McGowan

| writer = Hal Roach
H. M. Walker

| producer = Hal Roach

| starring = Joe Cobb
Jackie Condon
Mickey Daniels
Allen Hoskins
Mary Kornman
Ernest Morrison
Dick Henchen
Dinah the Mule
Pal the Dog
Helen Gilmore
Noah Young

| cinematography =

| editing =

| distributor = Pathé Exchange

| released = {{film date|1924|7|27}}

| runtime = 20 minutes

| country = United States

| language = Silent with English intertitles

}}

It's a Bear is a 1924 American short silent comedy film directed by Robert F. McGowan.{{cite web |url=http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/I/ItsaBear1924.html |title=Silent Era: It's a Bear |accessdate=September 13, 2008 |work=silentera |archive-date=August 20, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080820051510/http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/I/ItsaBear1924.html |url-status=dead }}{{cite news |url=https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/226146/It-s-a-Bear/overview |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110520151804/http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/226146/It-s-a-Bear/overview |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 20, 2011 |title=New York Times: It's a Bear |accessdate=September 13, 2008| first=Dave |department=Movies & TV Dept. |work=The New York Times |author-link=Dave Kehr |date=2011 | last=Kehr}} It was the 28th Our Gang short subject to be released.{{cite book |last1=Maltin |first1=Leonard |last2=Bann |first2=Richard W. |title=Our Gang: The Life and Times of the Little Rascals |date=1977 |publisher=Crown Publishers |pages=43–44 |url=https://archive.org/details/ourganglifetimes0000malt/page/42/mode/2up |access-date=3 March 2024}} It's a Bear was remade with sound in 1930 as Bear Shooters. Allen Hoskins appeared in both films.