The Cook's Revenge

The Cook's Revenge
A frame from the film
Directed by	Georges Méliès
Starring	Georges Méliès
Production company	Star Film Company
Release date	1900(1900)
Running time	Short
Country	France
Language	Silent film

The Cook's Revenge(French:La Vengeance du gâte-sauce) is a 1900 Frenchsilenttrick filmbyGeorges Méliès.

Synopsis

The Cook's Revenge(1900)

In a kitchen, a cook attempts to kiss a waitress, and she drops a whole stack of plates in her surprise. The panicking cook, hearing thehead waitercoming, hides in a cupboard. He sticks his head out to hear the waiter's remonstrances about the broken plates, and the waiter slams the cupboard door shut. The cook's head, still very much alive, comes off and begins berating the astonished chef.

The chef attempts to destroy the talking head, but it eludes him, magically changing places around the room. Finally the chef throws the head into the cupboard, and the cook comes out, again in one piece. As revenge, the cook knocks the waiter's head clean off, tosses the body aside, and cheerfully dances away.

Production and survival

Méliès himself plays the cook, one of his many roles in which he loses his head or has several duplicate heads. The special effects are created withsubstitution splicesandmultiple exposureson a black background.

The Cook's Revengewas released by Méliès'sStar Film Companyand is numbered 243 in its catalogues.Long presumedlost,a print of the film was eventually rediscovered inManosqueby the son of a fairground exhibitor, and sold to Méliès's granddaughter, Madeleine Malthête-Méliès.

External links

• The Cook's RevengeatIMDb