The Cook
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The Cook (1918) is a silent film starring Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle and Buster Keaton. 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 in drag.
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Preservation status
The movie was believed to be a lost film for several decades before a damaged nitrate print was uncovered in the Norwegian Film Archive in 1998 in an unmarked canister with A Reckless Romeo (1917). More footage was found in The Netherlands in 2002. The film is currently available on DVD as The Cook and Other Treasures.
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Cast
- Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle - Chef
- Buster Keaton - Assistant Chef
- Al St. John - Holdup Man
- Alice Lake - Waitress / Cashier
- Glen Cavender
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See also
- List of American films of 1918
- Fatty Arbuckle filmography
- Buster Keaton filmography
- List of rediscovered films
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