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Released
1917 · FILM

The Chief Cook

Written by
Color
Black & White
Runtime
25 min
Language
XX
Comedy

Synopsis

The film begins in the lobby of a small hotel, where the desk clerk and owner, played by Budd Ross, addresses three staff members: the cook, the waiter, and the bellboy. Their reactions, especially that of the cook, portrayed by Leo White, suggest the conversation is not well received. The cook's animated gestures repeatedly knock over the man standing behind him until all three employees quit simultaneously. They storm into the adjacent kitchen, where a slavey maid, played by Blanche White, is scrubbing the floor. Each of the men trips over her, lets out a brief moan, and then exits.

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Principal cast & crew: 12

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