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A Capable Lady Cook

Nov 17, 1916 · 10m
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Comedy

PLOT

Hubby can't stand his wife's cooking and he goes to the employment agency and gets Sweedy as a new cook. They arrive home and dinner is about to be served. Sweedy never reaches the table, however, for her foot slips and the expected dinner flies away. Sweedy then starts to clean house, but she gets in wrong by raising clouds of dust. Sweedy now starts to do more cooking, but gets a note from the iceman saying he will meet her on the comer and go for a lark. Sweedy takes the wife's new gown and goes to keep the appointment. Hubby discovers the note, thinks his wife is false, follows and brings Sweedy home, where, in the parlor, he protests against such treatment and declares his love in hot terms, which is overheard by the wife. She steps in and the astonished husband discovers his terrible mistake.

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CAST

Wallace Beery
Sweedie
Kewpie Morgan
The Husband
Belle Bennett
The Wife
Antonio Moreno
The Ice Man
Directed by Wallace Beery

DETAILS

Status
Released
Original language
EN
Budget
—
Revenue
—
Production
Nestor Film Company
Country
US

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