| The Cook | |
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| Directed by | Roscoe Arbuckle |
| Written by | Roscoe Arbuckle |
| Produced by | Joseph M. Schenck |
| Starring | Roscoe Arbuckle Buster Keaton Al St. John Alice Lake Glen Cavender |
| Cinematography | George Peters |
| Edited by | Herbert Warren |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
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Running time | 22 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
The Cook is a 1918 American two-reel silent comedy film written by, directed by, and starring Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle and featuring Buster Keaton and Al St. John. The movie is a slapstick comedy and focuses on goings-on at a high-end restaurant with Arbuckle as the Cook and Keaton as the Waiter.
The film is notable for a scene spoofing the 1918 Theda Bara film Salomé, with Arbuckle dancing around with a length of sausage links and pots and pans. It also contains many of Arbuckle's favorite food gags and some well-received work by Keaton.[2] It was filmed at The Pike and the Balboa Amusement Producing Company.[3]
- ^ Knopf, Robert (2 August 1999). The theater and cinema of Buster Keaton. Princeton University Press. p. 181. ISBN 978-0-691-00442-6. Retrieved 21 October 2010.
- ^ Neibaur, James L. (2007), Arbuckle and Keaton: Their 14 Film Collaborations, Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, Inc, Publishers, ISBN 978-0-7864-2831-1
- ^ "The Cook – Balboa Research".