The Maniac Cook
1909 | 9m | English
Popularity: 1 (history)
| Director: | D.W. Griffith |
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| Writer: | D.W. Griffith |
| Staring: |
| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Jan 04, 1909 |
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| Director: | D.W. Griffith |
| Writer: | D.W. Griffith |
| Genres: | Drama, Thriller |
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| Production Companies | American Mutoscope & Biograph |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Jan 19, 2026 Entered: May 01, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
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| Anita Hendrie | Margie, the Cook |
| Marion Leonard | Mrs. Holland |
| Harry Solter | Mr. Holland |
| Clara T. Bracy | |
| George Gebhardt | Policeman #1 |
| David Miles | |
| Mack Sennett | Policeman #2 |
| Name | Job |
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| D.W. Griffith | Writer, Director |
| Billy Bitzer | Director of Photography |
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