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The Maniac Cook (1909)

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.

Released Jan. 4, 1909 9 min None+

Genres: Drama, Short

Keywords: mdblist.imdb-short, imdb.melodrama

Production Companies: American Mutoscope & Biograph

Country: United States
Languages: English

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9 min
Jan. 4, 1909
Released
NR