On The Fire Directed By Hal Roach
On the Fire Directed byHal RoachProduced byHal RoachStarringHarold LloydRelease date February 23, 1919 CountryUnited StatesLanguagesSilent English intertitles On the Fire is a 1919 American short comedy film featuring Harold Lloyd. Some prints have the title of the film as The Chef. Prints of the film survive in several film archives,[1] and it is available on DVD. PlotHarold and Snub are chefs in an upscale restaurant. Harold, an idler, does many of his cooking tasks using pulleys, long-handled implements, and other gadgets so he does not have to leave his chair. When a customer orders a seafood dinner, and Harold tries to catch fish from the restaurant's fountain for it, he is reassigned from the kitchen to become a waiter. Trying to favor the female diners at the tables, Harold quickly runs afoul of the customers. CastHarold Lloyd as The ChefBebe DanielsSnub Pollard as The Assistant ChefBud JamisonWilliam BlaisdellSammy BrooksBilly FayLew HarveyWallace HoweMargaret JoslinDee LamptonMarie MosquiniFred C. NewmeyerDorothea WolbertNoah Young See alsoHarold Lloyd filmography References Progressive Silent Film List: On the Fire at silentera.com
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