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The Cook (1918)
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Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle (story)
Release Date:
15 September 1918 (USA)
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Cooks make hovoc in seaside resort hotel. full summary | add synopsis
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Once believed lost, very funny short has emerged
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Cast
(Complete credited cast) | Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle | ... | Chef |
 | Buster Keaton | ... | Assistant Chef |
 | Al St. John | ... | Holdup Man |
| Alice Lake | ... | Waitress / Cashier |
| Glen Cavender | ||
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| Luke the Dog | ... | Dog |
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22 min
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Considered 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.
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Long believed lost, an extended fragment of "The Cook" has been found, and it confirms how graceful Fatty could be, this time slaving over a hot stove and casually throwing prepared items to an equally blase Buster. Though the film closes at a pier-based amusement park, the kitchen antics are best, with the highlight being two dance pieces--Fatty's tribute to Salome (with salami) and Buster's hilarious rug-cutting with a belly dancer. The vicious (but not malicious) dog is good, too.