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The Maniac Cook

The Maniac Cook

★ 0.5/10•1909•9m•Drama•Thriller

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.

D.W. Griffith · Writer

D.W. Griffith · Director

StatusReleased
Runtime9m
LanguageEN
Release DateJan 4, 1909

Actors

Marion Leonard

Marion Leonard

Mrs. Holland

Harry Solter

Harry Solter

Mr. Holland

George Gebhardt

George Gebhardt

Policeman #1

Mack Sennett

Mack Sennett

Policeman #2

Clara T. Bracy

Clara T. Bracy

David Miles

David Miles

Anita Hendrie

Margie, the Cook

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