The Cook's Revenge
About The Cook's Revenge
A cook tries to kiss a waitress and she drops a stack of plates. He hides in a cupboard as the head waiter comes in. The waiter slams the door and cuts the cook's head off. The head, still talking, dodges the chef around the kitchen until it is thrown back into the cupboard and the cook steps out whole. He knocks the waiter's head off, throws the body aside, and dances away.
Cast & crew
More about The Cook's Revenge
Georges Méliès directed and plays the cook. The French title is La Vengeance du gâte-sauce. Star Film numbered it 243. The head trick is done with substitution splices and multiple exposures against a black ground.
Themes
Technique
The talking head is a multiple exposure on black, joined to the set with substitution splices.
Preservation
A print found in Manosque was sold to Madeleine Malthête-Méliès.
Notes
- Long treated as lost, a print turned up in Manosque with the son of a fairground exhibitor and was sold to Méliès's granddaughter, Madeleine Malthête-Méliès.
Scenes
- The waiter slams the cupboard door and the cook's head comes off, still scolding him.
- Restored to one piece, the cook knocks the waiter's head off and dances out.
Also available
- Wikimedia Commons (La Vengeance du gâte-sauce.webm)
