Cook Papa Cook
‘Cook Papa Cook’ is a short silent film from 1928. It is a comedy and it follows the Jenkins in their morning routine. After a brief water fight between Mr and Mrs Jenkins it is decided that Mr Jenkins will make breakfast this morning. He goes in the kitchen and quickly becomes apparent that he has absolutely no idea what he is doing. He can’t work the toaster and ends up putting it in the oven which causes a fire. At the same time he burns the bacon which also sets on fire and he ends up sitting in the burning pan. The films ends with him having resorted to tinned food that didn’t involve cooking. Whilst all of this is happening in the kitchen his wife is eating all sorts of sweet treats in her bed and ends up making herself sick as he brings her the breakfast he has just had great trouble making. Angry, he pretends to threaten her with a knife but it turns out it is his pipe which his wife secretly knows. For this reason as he leaves for work she throws the bowl of cold food he’s just given her at his back and the film ends.
The aren't any similarities between the action in this film and my film but I intend to use other techniques from the film which can be seen in my post 'Silent Film Conventions'
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