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The Maniac Cook

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.

Top Cast

  • Marion Leonard

    Marion Leonard

    Mrs. Holland

  • Harry Solter

    Harry Solter

    Mr. Holland

  • George Gebhardt

    George Gebhardt

    Policeman #1

  • Mack Sennett

    Mack Sennett

    Policeman #2

  • Clara T. Bracy

    Clara T. Bracy

  • David Miles

    David Miles

  • Anita Hendrie

    Anita Hendrie

    Margie, the Cook

Overview

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.

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