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.
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- 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
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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.
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How To Stuff A Duck
Luis Alberni shows Una Merkel how to prepare a duck for husband Franklin Pangborn, while a Smith called Pete describes what's going on, leaving everyone more confused than when they started. At least, however, You've got a duck ready for the oven.
You also have Una Merkel in color. That means a lot to fanciers of pre-code comedies. True, we get only two-strip Technicolor, giving the entire movie a sepia wash, but Miss Merkel - who entered the movies as Lilian Gish's stand-in before making a name for herself as a blank-faced sexual predator.... that's her starring persona. I say nothing about her actual character.
You also,get good recipes for duck and for baked apples. I would add some cinnamon to the apples before baking.
You also have Una Merkel in color. That means a lot to fanciers of pre-code comedies. True, we get only two-strip Technicolor, giving the entire movie a sepia wash, but Miss Merkel - who entered the movies as Lilian Gish's stand-in before making a name for herself as a blank-faced sexual predator.... that's her starring persona. I say nothing about her actual character.
You also,get good recipes for duck and for baked apples. I would add some cinnamon to the apples before baking.
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- boblipton
- Jan 10, 2020
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- Runtime10 minutes
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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