Capturing the Cook (1915)
George Carter on his way to visit his sister, Mrs. Smith, rescues Mabel Dinsmore from the attentions of a fat "gink." Mabel, finding they alight at the same station, insists that they part as strangers. Mabel takes a hack to her sister's, Mrs. Brown, next door to Mrs. Smith, and George, afoot, gets there later and finds that Mrs. Smith's girl has left and that she has a dinner party that evening. George volunteers to cook for her and finds the task beyond his powers. The Browns and other guests are wondering at the delayed dinner and Mrs. Smith is hysterical. Mabel, left alone by the Browns, hangs a few handkerchiefs on the line in the backyard, and is taken for the maid by George, who frantically requests her to come and cook. Mabel takes him for a chef and a crazy one. Frightened she humors him by coming to help. Explanations satisfy all but Mabel, who will not speak to George. The guests help serve the dinner and George accepts Mrs. Brown's invitation to call again, but Mabel will not see him. Mrs. Brown detects signs of interest, however, and next morning leaves Mabel in the kitchen making a cake. She leaves the front door open and calls on Mrs. Smith, and conveys a hint to dense George, who hastens to the Brown kitchen, but is coolly received by Mabel until he falls over the coal scuttle. This provokes first mirth. Then George pretends to have seriously injured his right foot. Mabel goes for bandages and upon her return finds him in a different position and claiming his left toot as the injured one. She attempts to bandage it and is captured. Finally she yields and they go to a clinch. They break away as Brown and Mrs. Smith enter. Mabel is indignant when Brown discovers flour on George, but again consents to clinch as the women lead the protesting Brown away.
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GenresComedy
Short
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| Filmmakers | Role |
|---|---|
| Joseph Kaufman | Director |
| S. Walter Bunting | Writer |
| Siegmund Lubin | Producer |
| Cast | Role |
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| Ethel Clayton | |
| Joseph Kaufman | |
| Florence Hackett | |
| Margaret Moore |
