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Are Waitresses Safe? (1917)
Chaos reigns in Louise Fazenda's kitchen as the cat stalks and consumes the bird in the cuckoo clock and the baby paints its face with jam. In her next job in a restaurant kitchen, Louise scrambles up her powder puff and her biscuits. The cook orders her to lighten them up. She blows them up like balloons, but they come out like rubber balls and so she is bounced out of that job. In her next position as housekeeper to a rich family, she throws a party for her friends when the family goes on vacation and they turn the house topsy-turvy.
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Chaos reigns in Louise Fazenda's kitchen as the cat stalks and consumes the bird in the cuckoo clock and the baby paints its face with jam. In her next job in a restaurant kitchen, Louise scrambles up her powder puff and her biscuits. The cook orders her to lighten them up. She blows them up like balloons, but they come out like rubber balls and so she is bounced out of that job. In her next position as housekeeper to a rich family, she throws a party for her friends when the family goes on vacation and they turn the house topsy-turvy.
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Genre:Comedy
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In Theaters:11/18/1917
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Runtime:17 minutes
Studio:Mack Sennett Comedies
Cast
Hampton Del Ruth, Victor Heerman
Director
Louise Fazenda
Only a Working Girl
Ben Turpin
Ralph - Who Loved Her So
Slim Summerville
Gang Leader Rival - Who Had Objections
Glen Cavender
The Chef - Their Mutual Friend
Wayland Trask
Frustrated Customer
Anthony O'Sullivan
Lady with the Cat
Jack Cooper
A Steady Customer
Al McKinnon
The Steady Customer's Pal
Erle C. Kenton
The Restaurant Owner
Gene Rogers
The Mansion Owner
Wallace Beery
Party Guest (uncredited)
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