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The Maniac Cook

5.00% | January 4, 1909 | 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.

Featured Crew

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

Anita Hendrie
Anita Hendrie
Margie, the Cook
Marion Leonard
Marion Leonard
Mrs. Holland
Harry Solter
Harry Solter
Mr. Holland
George Gebhardt
George Gebhardt
Policeman #1

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