The Cook
- 1918
- 22m
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6.6/10
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Chaos reigns at an upscale restaurant as a cook and a waiter juggle their responsibilities.Chaos reigns at an upscale restaurant as a cook and a waiter juggle their responsibilities.Chaos reigns at an upscale restaurant as a cook and a waiter juggle their responsibilities.
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- TriviaConsidered lost for several years. A surviving print was found and shown, for the first time in over 70 years, in Venice 1999. The surviving print was found in the attic of a former hospital in Norway. Apparently, the director of the hospital in the 1920s and 30s felt that laughter and comedy helped soothe mentally challenged patients and kept a collection of short films by Buster Keaton, Harold Lloyd and Charlie Chaplin on hand. None of the other short films found were considered lost.
- Alternate versionsThe restored print of "The Cook" runs 21 minutes. It was compiled from a 17 minute print discovered in Norway in 1999 and a 10 minute print discovered in the Netherlands in 2002. Both the restored print and the Norwegian print have a blue color tint, while the Dutch version is in black and white. While all three versions are available on DVD, none include the last minute and a half of the film, which is still considered lost.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Silent Clowns: Buster Keaton (2006)
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What's Cookin'?
'The Cook' as the title refers tells the story of the cook, Roscoe Arbuckle in the titular role, and Buster Keaton gives him wonderful support as a waiter, and Al St. John is there to make trouble again. The film starts in the kitchen of some restaurant where Fatty works, and where he produces different kinds of foods and drinks (coffee and soup are coming from the same tap) from the same vat, and the series ends with him taking out his jacket from the same receptacle. Fantastic scene with the dancer, where Buster takes over, until Fatty who decorates himself with pots and pans causes havoc with his moves. Soon the two friends journey out from the restaurant to again save the girl from the grips of evil Al St. John.
Enjoyable slapstick romp.
Enjoyable slapstick romp.
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- Aug 29, 2018
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- Runtime22 minutes
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- 1.33 : 1
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