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The Chief Cook

4.5191725mMovieComedy

The film opens in the lobby of a small hotel, where the desk clerk/owner (Budd Ross) is addressing three members of staff: the cook, the waiter and the bellboy. It is obvious from their reactions, particularly the cook (Leo White) that…

DirectorArvid E. Gillstrom
WriterRex Taylor
ProducerLouis Burstein

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Cast · Directed by Arvid E. Gillstrom

BWBilly West
Billy West
The Star Boarder
BRBud Ross
Bud Ross
Boggs (as Budd Ross)
OHOliver Hardy
Oliver Hardy
Babe (as Babe Hardy)
JC
Joe Cohen
LWLeo White
Leo White
Ham
BW
Blanche White
Maggie
PB
Polly Bailey
(as Polly Van)
EG
Ethelyn Gibson
The soubrette (as Ethlyn Gibson)
EB
Ellen Burford
Dolly
JB
Joe Bordeaux
Hotel ex-employee
FM
Florence McLaughlin
Hotel Guest

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The Chief Cook hasn't started streaming in United Kingdom yet. Based on the typical 6–8 week theatrical-to-streaming window, we estimate it will arrive around November 18, 1917. This is a prediction, not a confirmed date.