Max Linder Movies

Max accepts a wager that he cannot remain in a haunted castle for one hour (11 PM to midnight) without crying for help. As soon as he arrives he...

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

Max, a young man about town, splits his trousers while getting ready to go out one night. After applying some rather risky repairs without taking the...

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

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...

Max, awakening on his wedding morning, discovers that it is close on the hour when he should be at the church. He dresses hastily, and in struggling...

Max is about to make his first call upon a young lady, the daughter of distinguished parents, and he wants to make a good impression. As he dresses...

Renowned French comedian and filmmaker Max Linder visits Charlie Chaplin in 1917.

Max Linder and his fiancée, Madge, scheme to get a few minutes' lovemaking, for Max's prospective Pa-in-law is inclined to monopolize Max over...

Boy tricks his father into drinking castor oil. The latter is obliged to defecate in a series of unlikely places, to the evident disgust of members...

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

Comedy short starring Max Linder

In this one, Max is engaged to a girl -- called, as in all his shorts, 'Jane' -- and she loves her pussycat. She loves the lazy, immobile lump of fur...

A young prince secretly married to a gypsy girl is forced to disclose the fact when his father desires him to marry a wealthy girl. Cast out by his...

Max is late for his own wedding, and, worse yet, has no shoes.

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...

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...

Pioneering comedy legend Max Linder wrote, produced, directed and starred in Seven Years Bad Luck. Hilarious misadventures begin when Max' butler,...

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