The Chief Cook
About The Chief Cook
The help at a country hotel have just walked out when a theatrical company arrives. Billy West, the star boarder, is caught trying to leave and is put to work as porter, bellboy, waiter, and cook. He pursues the company's leading woman. Her husband, played by Babe Hardy, pursues him.
Cast & crew
More about The Chief Cook
Arvid E. Gillstrom directed it for King-Bee Films. Billy West plays the star boarder. Oliver Hardy, billed as Babe Hardy, plays Babe. Leo White plays Ham. Bud Ross plays Boggs. Ellen Burford plays Dolly. It was shot in Bayonne, New Jersey, and released on 1 October 1917 as a two-reeler.
Themes
Making
King-Bee was working in Bayonne when the short was shot.
Notes
- Uno Asplund called it a vaguely Chaplin picture. Some ads used a picture of Chaplin.
- Ethelyn Gibson is also billed.
- The hotel owner is on the desk when the cook, the waiter, and the bellboy quit.
Scenes
- The cook, the waiter, and the bellboy quit together.
- West is stopped at the door and handed the jobs.
- Babe Hardy chases him over the leading woman.
Also available
- Wikimedia Commons (The Chief Cook (1917).webm)
