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The Chief Cook

191724 minUnited States
Comedy

Synopsis

A hotel's staff walks out just before a theatrical company arrives. A guest trying to escape is forced to fill several jobs, while his interest in the leading actress arouses her husband's anger.

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Original language
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified.
This copy runs
24:20
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No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. No subtitle track in this language.

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Wikimedia Commons · Arvid E. Gillstrom · Public domain

Cast

DirectorsArvid E. Gillstrom

Behind the scenes

King Bee filmed this Billy West comedy in Bayonne, New Jersey. West's Chaplin-inspired persona drives the action, with Oliver Hardy as the jealous husband.

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