The Cook
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This page covers the 1918 Fatty Arbuckle movie. For the song by La Bolduc, see La Cuisinière
| The Cook | |
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 Theatrical poster to The Cook |
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| Directed by | Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle |
| Produced by | Joseph M. Schenck |
| Written by | Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle |
| Starring | Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle Buster Keaton Al St. John Alice Lake Glen Cavender |
| Cinematography | George Peters |
| Editing by | Herbert Warren |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
| Release date(s) | September 15, 1918[1] |
| Running time | 22 minutes |
| Country |  United States |
| Language | Silent film English Intertitles |
The Cook (1918) is a silent film starring Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle and Buster Keaton. The movie is a slapstick comedy and focuses on goings-on at a high-end restaurant with Arbuckle as the Cook and Keaton as the Waiter.
The film is notable for a scene spoofing the 1918 Theda Bara film Salomé, with Arbuckle dancing around in drag.
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[edit] Preservation status
The movie was believed to be a lost film for several decades before a damaged nitrate print was uncovered in the Norwegian Film Archive in 1998 in an unmarked canister with A Reckless Romeo (1917). More footage was found in The Netherlands in 2002. [2] The film is currently available on DVD as The Cook and Other Treasures.
[edit] Cast
- Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle - Chef
- Buster Keaton - Assistant Chef
- Al St. John - Holdup Man
- Alice Lake - Waitress / Cashier
- Glen Cavender
[edit] See also
- List of American films of 1918
- Fatty Arbuckle filmography
- Buster Keaton filmography
- List of rediscovered films
[edit] References
- ^ Knopf, Robert (2 August 1999). The theater and cinema of Buster Keaton. Princeton University Press. p. 181. ISBN 9780691004426. http://books.google.com/books?id=fU5qDx7tawIC&pg=PA181. Retrieved 21 October 2010.
- ^ The genius of Buster Keaton: the short films collection DVD. Kino. 2010.
[edit] External links
- The Cook at the Internet Movie Database
- The Cook at AllRovi
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