Lost: A Cook
1917•22m•Released
Comedy
Ambrose (Mack Swain) is a clumsy, aspiring cook who finds himself in over his head when he is hired to work in a busy household or restaurant. Most of the humor stems from Ambrose’s spectacular incompetence in the kitchen. He misinterprets simple instructions, leads a series of messy kitchen disasters, and accidentally destroys various household items while attempting to prepare a meal. The situation typically escalates into a frantic "Keystone-style" chase or a massive physical confrontation involving food, dishes, and outraged employers or customers.
Director
Fred Hibbard
Writer
Mack Sennett, Malcolm St. Clair
Languages
No Language
Studio
Keystone Film Company
Cast
Mack Swain
Farmer Ambrose
Ethel Teare
The Cook
Juanita Hansen
The Bride-to-be
Ben Turpin
Pest Guest
Malcolm St. Clair
Dog Owner
Louise Fazenda
Caroline Rankin
Cliff Bowes
The Groom-to-be
Joey Jacobs
Ambrose's Son
Clarence Lyndon
Justice of the Peace
Production
Company
Keystone Film Company
Producer
Mack Sennett
Recommended
6.3
The Freshman
1990
6.9
Driver's Ed
2025
6.2
Grown Ups 2
2013
6.3
Taking Care of Business
1990
6.9
Missing Link
2019
6.2
Confess, Fletch
2022
7.2
Noises Off...
1992
7.9
Ron's Gone Wrong
2021
5.9
The Impostors
1998
7.4
The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie
1979
5.9
Die Hart
2023
5.9
I Love My Dad
2022
7.2
Chickenhare and the Hamster of Darkness
2022
6.9
The Wonderful World of Mickey Mouse: Steamboat Silly
2023
6.3
How to Murder Your Wife
1965
5.9
The Wedding Year
2019
6.9
Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story
2005
6.1
Moonwalkers
2015
6.1
The Brave Little Toaster to the Rescue
1997
6.1
The Paleface
1948
Similar Movies
8
The Go-Getter
1923
4.8
Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp
1917
5.5
He Comes Up Smiling
1918
9
Chicken Casey
1917
7
An Even Break
1917
8
The American Venus
1926
9
Learning to Love
1925
7
The Probation Wife
1919
Fast and Foolish
1951
9
The Jailbird
1920
3.3
What's Your Husband Doing?
1920
A Daughter of the Poor
1917
Betsy's Burglar
1917
8
The Callahans and the Murphys
1927
6.5
Just Another Blonde
1926
9
Drama in the Futurists' Cabaret No. 13
1914
9
The Climbers
1919
The Politicians
1915
9
Alarm Clock Andy
1920
7
Police Bullets
1942