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The Maniac Cook (1909)

Directed by D.W. Griffith

Drama, Thriller · 9m

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
A
Anita Hendrie Margie, the Cook

Crew

Director
D.W. Griffith
Writer
D.W. Griffith
Director of Photography
Billy Bitzer

Details

Release date
1909-01-04
Runtime
9m
Genres
Drama, Thriller
Original language
EN
Spoken languages
No Language
Countries
United States of America
Production
American Mutoscope and Biograph Company