The Chief Cook (1917)

Directed by

Arvid E. Gillstrom

Genre

silent film

Country

United States

Runtime

25 min

Rating

4.5 of 10 from 5 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

A silent comedy short about a cook who gets into a series of mishaps in a kitchen. Oliver Hardy plays the central character in this two-reel film.

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What happens

The Chief Cook is a 1917 American two-reel silent comedy film from the King-Bee Films featuring Oliver Hardy. The film was shot in Bayonne, New Jersey, where King-Bee was then located. Chaplin biographer Uno Asplund analyzes it as a "vaguely Chaplin" film that was sometimes even advertised with an image of Chaplin (see movie advertisement). It was on a double bill with The Fly Cop. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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