The Cook (1918)
In an attempt at greater efficiency, the chef and waiter of a fancy oceanside restaurant wreak havoc in the establishment. Adding to the complications is the arrival of a robber.
- Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle
- Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle
Rating: 6.2/10 by 74 users
Alternative Title:
Повар - RU
El chef - VE
Fatty som Køkkenchef - DK
Country:
United States of America
Language:
No Language
Runtime: 00 hour 20 minutes
Budget: $0
Revenue: $0
Plot Keyword: dance, fishing, restaurant, dog, seaside, waiter, silent film, partially lost film, short film
Arbuckle is the cook, Keaton is the waiter. The restaurant? Well that's a glorified café with a limited menu but some customers who clearly think they're in the Waldorf. That's not an accusation that could be levelled against the two staff members who spend much of their time mucking about causing quite a bit of wreckage and mayhem as they go. With the floor now bestrewn with crockery, an hoodlum arrives with designs on the gal and so the two men must team up with the maître-d' and their dog "Luke" and chase him away! There's a great deal of energy in this charming short feature from a very natural looking Arbuckle. He has an agility and nimbleness as he dances around the kitchen, cracking eggs whilst indulging in some knife throwing. Keaton, too, is clearly having some fun as they invent the world's first spaghetti laundry but I suppose it has to be the ladder-climbing dog that steals the story! "A restful afternoon"? Well maybe not for the carriage-pulling goats - and, of course, there just had to be a roller-coaster and a damsel in distress to rescue too!
