The Maniac Cook

The Maniac Cook (1909) is a drama, thriller film directed by D.W. Griffith rated 0.5/10.

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.

Cast

Marion Leonard

Mrs. Holland

Harry Solter

Mr. Holland

George Gebhardt

Policeman #1

Mack Sennett

Policeman #2

Clara T. Bracy

David Miles

Anita Hendrie

Margie, the Cook