Max Linder Movies

Max sees himself as a great dramatic actor but his friends all think he's talentless. So, he invites them to come see him in a play. Unfortunately,...

Reminiscences of the early days of cinema and films show in music halls, including extracts. (BFI)

Max Linder strays further from his usual haunts of situational comedy, far into straight slapstick as he gets into a dispute over the woman he is...

Astigmatic, Max apologizes to lampposts, kisses the wrong lady, and is challenged to a duel.

A painter working at the Louvre is struck by the Mona Lisa. When he meets a girl whom he believes bears a resemblance to the painting, and who wants...

A documentary with many excerpts from the films of French movie pioneer Max Linder, narrated by his daughter.

In consequence of a first kiss, poor Max finds himself claimed as a property of a persistent damsel. Even his approaching marriage does not deter the...

Max being a gentleman and helping a lady in distress. Max willingly helps the lady recover her forgotten purse before the boat they're traveling on...

Max is invited to join his uncle for a holiday, but he hasn't invited his wife, so he sneaks her in in his suitcase, always hiding her from his...

"Scene, a first-class railway carriage. Max and delightful girl alone. "May I smoke?" breaks the ice, and then Max brings all the arts of fascination...

The film begins with Max being invited to dinner with his fiancée and future in-laws. To be polite, he stops on the way at a bakery to bring...

A young man is seen entering his room and from the many expressions on his worn face one could not doubt that he is just returning from one grand...

A love sick Max fly to find his love and recover.

Max, who fears dogs, is chased by them through the city, over walls, and even up a chimney and onto a roof.

When Max's friends doubt his acting ability, he invites them to a dramatic theatrical performance.

Max and his wife of three years are happy in most regards but one: they still don't have a child. When Max reads of a new method of "spontaneous...

This Max Linder short opens with him and his girl blissfully rowing in a canoe before skipping ahead two years later.

A young student goes to his father and asks for money. When this isn't enough he goes to his mother who gives him more. Happy, he meets his friends...

Based on characters from Shakespeare's play: When Juliet's father refuses to let Romeo see her, Romeo resorts to extreme measures.