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The Maniac Cook

Jan 4, 1909 · 9m
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Drama
Thriller

PLOT

A household cook named Margie has a sudden mental breakdown and attacks her employers, the Holland family. After being briefly restrained, she escapes the house and later sneaks back in. Driven by a "fiendish idea," she takes the Holland's infant baby from its crib and hides the child in the kitchen oven before starting a fire beneath it. The parents unknowingly begin to use the oven, but the baby is rescued just in time when the parents discover the plot during a struggle with the cook, who is then arrested by police.

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CAST

Marion Leonard
Mrs. Holland
Harry Solter
Mr. Holland
George Gebhardt
Policeman #1
Mack Sennett
Policeman #2
Clara T. Bracy
David Miles
Anita Hendrie
Margie, the Cook
Directed by D.W. Griffith

DETAILS

Status
Released
Original language
EN
Budget
—
Revenue
—
Production
American Mutoscope and Biograph Company
Country
US

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