“The life of a kitchen maid shouldn't be all stew and spuds and onions. There's nothing heavenly about hash.”
A lost Film. Mary Pickford plays a socialite who, having lost her fortune, takes a job as a Swedish cook. She falls in love with a chauffeur who, lo and behold, is a slumming millionaire.
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Cast
22 people
Mary Pickford
Jean Mackaye
Known for
The Lonely Villa
Casson Ferguson
Ted Burton Jr
Also in
Cobra
What's a Wife Worth?
Charles Rosher
William Desmond Taylor
Also in
Granddad
The Kiss
Eleanor Hoyt Brainerd
Spottiswoode Aitken
Rufus Bonner
Known for
The Birth of a Nation
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
Frances Marion
Frank Richardson
Also in
The Blacksmith's Love
Kings of the Forest
Herbert Standing
Burton Sr
Also in
Stella Maris
Hypocrites
Fanny Midgley
Mrs. Bonner
Also in
The Italian
The Young Rajah
Lawrence Peyton
Oscar
Also in
Joan the Woman
The Americano
Zasu Pitts
Oscar's Sweetheart
Known for
Greed
Ruggles of Red Gap
William Desmond Taylor Director · Frances Marion Screenplay Eleanor Hoyt Brainerd Author
United States release June 29, 1918 · Produced in United States · Production Paramount-Artcraft Pictures, Paramount Pictures
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Mary Pickford Company
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Paramount-Artcraft Pictures
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Paramount Pictures
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United States
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Original language
English
Spoken on screen
No dialogue
Release dates
United States · June 29, 1918
Theatrical
Denmark
October 27, 1919
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