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The Chef’s Downfall
(1912) United States of America
B&W : Split-reel
Directed by Farrell MacDonald (J. Farrell MacDonald)

Cast: J.R. Cumpson (John R. Cumpson) [the chef], Grace Lewis [Anna Travers], Vivian Prescott [the cook], E. Crane (Frank Hall Crane) [James Thornton]

Independent Moving Pictures Company, Incorporated [IMP] production; distributed by Motion Picture Distributing & Sales Company. / From a screen story by Sidney A. Franklin. / Released 6 April 1912; in a split-reel with A Change of Stripes (1912). / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.

Comedy.

Survival status: (unknown)

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 9 June 2013.

References: Bohn-Light p. 35 : Website-IMDb.