A chef helps a housewife cook a duck dinner that will not give her husband indigestion.A chef helps a housewife cook a duck dinner that will not give her husband indigestion.A chef helps a housewife cook a duck dinner that will not give her husband indigestion.
- Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 1 nomination total
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Pete Smith
- Narrator
- (voice)
Luis Alberni
- The Master Chef
- (uncredited)
Una Merkel
- Mrs. Omsk
- (uncredited)
Franklin Pangborn
- John Xavier Omsk
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writer
- All cast & crew
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Did you know
- TriviaA very rare Pete Smith short in which one of the characters actually speaks. Una Merkel delivers one line, to which Smith replies, "Hey, I do all the talking around here!" And from then on, she's silent.
- GoofsWhen Mrs. Omsk knocks her mixing bowl off the kitchen table, it lands intact. Later when the narrator is "cleaning up" the kitchen for the chef, the bowl is now shattered.
Featured review
A rare Technicolor short from the early '30s...
This is a rare case of a short that was so highly regarded by the makers that it was remade under another title several years later. Audiences must have loved it.
I can't say that much for it. A woman (UNA MERKEL), in a modern looking kitchen with all sorts of gadgets, is a complete klutz until, by magic, a chef appears to help her stuff a duck before her husband (FRANKLIN PANGBORN) comes home from work with some company. Otherwise, the poor woman would have nothing to show for her efforts but a mess on the kitchen floor which he clears up immediately. He also shows her how to make baked apples.
The real source of amusement is the script, narrated in witty fashion by Pete Smith and making a lot of funny observations.
It's funny, not hilarious, and for anyone interested in gourmet cooking it might be even more worth watching.
I can't say that much for it. A woman (UNA MERKEL), in a modern looking kitchen with all sorts of gadgets, is a complete klutz until, by magic, a chef appears to help her stuff a duck before her husband (FRANKLIN PANGBORN) comes home from work with some company. Otherwise, the poor woman would have nothing to show for her efforts but a mess on the kitchen floor which he clears up immediately. He also shows her how to make baked apples.
The real source of amusement is the script, narrated in witty fashion by Pete Smith and making a lot of funny observations.
It's funny, not hilarious, and for anyone interested in gourmet cooking it might be even more worth watching.
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- Runtime10 minutes
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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