On the Fire

{{short description|1919 film}} {{Use American English|date=January 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2020}} {{Infobox film | name = On the Fire | image = On the Fire (1919).webm | director = Hal Roach | producer = Hal Roach | writer = | starring = Harold Lloyd | music = | cinematography = | editing = | distributor = | released = {{film date|1919|2|23}} | runtime = | country = United States | language = Silent<br>English intertitles }}

'''''On the Fire''''' is a 1919 American short comedy film featuring Harold Lloyd. Some prints have the title of the film as '''''The Chef'''''. Prints of the film survive in several film archives,<ref>[http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/O/OnTheFire1919.html Progressive Silent Film List: ''On the Fire''] at silentera.com</ref> and it is available on DVD.

==Plot== Harold and Snub are chefs in an upscale restaurant. Harold, an idler, does many of his cooking tasks using pulleys, long-handled implements, and other gadgets so he does not have to leave his chair. When a customer orders a seafood dinner, and Harold tries to catch fish from the restaurant's fountain for it, he is reassigned from the kitchen to become a waiter. Trying to favor the female diners at the tables, Harold quickly runs afoul of the customers.

==Cast== * Harold Lloyd as The Chef * Bebe Daniels * Snub Pollard as The Assistant Chef * Bud Jamison * William Blaisdell * Sammy Brooks * Billy Fay * Lew Harvey * Wallace Howe * Margaret Joslin * Dee Lampton * Marie Mosquini * Fred C. Newmeyer * Dorothea Wolbert * Noah Young

==See also== * Harold Lloyd filmography

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==External links== *{{IMDb title|id=0010522|title=On the Fire}}

Category:1919 films Category:1919 comedy films Category:1919 short films Category:American black-and-white films Category:Short films directed by Hal Roach Category:American silent comedy short films Category:Surviving American silent films Category:1919 American films