The Waiters' Picnic

The Waiters' Picnic
Directed byMack Sennett
Produced byMack Sennett
StarringFatty Arbuckle
Mabel Normand
Ford Sterling
Release date
  • June 16, 1913 (1913-06-16)
CountryUnited States
LanguagesSilent
English intertitles

The Waiters' Picnic is a 1913 American short comedy film featuring Fatty Arbuckle, Mabel Normand,[1] and Ford Sterling.[2] The plot involves two men, a chef and a head waiter, who are vying for attentions of a woman at a picnic. The chef tries to poison the waiter to win the rivalry, but he must prevent the woman and her family from consuming the same poisoned dish.[1][3]

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  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Lefler, Timothy Dean (October 11, 2023). Mabel Normand: The Life and Career of a Hollywood Madcap, 2d ed. McFarland. p. 182. ISBN 978-1-4766-8758-2.
  2. ↑ White, Wendy Warwick (March 1, 2007). Ford Sterling: The Life and Films. McFarland. p. 151. ISBN 978-0-7864-2587-7.
  3. ↑ To-day's Cinema News and Property Gazette. Amer. Company, Limited. August 27, 1913. pp. 120–121.
  4. 1 2 Yallop, David (October 23, 2014). The Day the Laughter Stopped. Little, Brown Book Group. ISBN 978-1-4721-1659-8.