Max Linder
Although all too frequently neglected by fans of silent comedy, Max Linder is in many ways as important a figure as Charles Chaplin, Buster Keaton, or Harold Lloyd, not least because he predated (and influenced) them all by several years, and was largely responsible for the creation of the classic style of silent slapstick comedy.
He started out as an actor in the French theatre, but after making his screen debut in 1905 he quickly became an enormously famous and successful film comedian on both sides of the Atlantic, thanks to his character "Max", a top-hatted dandy. By 1912, he was the highest-paid film star in the world, with an unprecedented salary of one million francs. He began to direct films in 1911 and showed equal facility behind the camera, but his career suffered an almost terminal blow when he was called up to fight in World War I. He was gassed, and the illness that resulted would blight his career.
Although offered a contract in America, recurring ill-health meant that his US films had little of the sparkle of his early French work, and a brief attempt to revive his career by making films for the recently-formed United Artists (one of whose founders, of course, was Chaplin) in the early 1920s came to little, although these later films are now regarded as classics.
He returned to France and killed himself in a suicide pact with his wife in 1925.
Fotos
Películas (128)
Life and Deaths of Max Linder
2024 · Self (archive footage)
Charlie Chaplin, The Genius of Liberty
2020 · archive footage
Max Linder Collection 1917-1922
2014
Tout sur mon père Max Linder
2013 · Self (archive footage)
Birth of the Tramp
2013 · Self (archive footage)
The Man in the Silk Hat
1983 · Self (archive footage)
Laugh with Max Linder
1963 · Self (archive footage), Writer
Los ojos del siglo (Volumen I)
1957 · Él mismo (material de archivo)
All in Good Fun
1955 · Archive Footage
The Way of the World
1947 · (Archive Footage)
Those Were The Days
1946 · (self)
Charlie the Innkeeper
1939
The Theft of the Mona Lisa
1931 · (archive footage)
Maxim's Porter
1927 · Writer
Au secours !
1924 · Max, Writer
King of the Circus
1924 · Max Graf von Pompadour, Writer
The World of Yesteryear – Max Linder
1924 · Self
Par habitude
1923 · Story
The Three Must-Get-Theres
1922 · Dart-In-Again, Director, Writer
Be My Wife
1921 · Max, the Fiancé, Director, Writer, Producer
Seven Years Bad Luck
1921 · Max, Director, Producer, Writer
Le Petit Café
1919 · Writer
Max, médecin malgré lui
1917 · Max, Director, Writer
Max the Heartbreaker
1917 · Director
Max in a Taxi
1917 · Himself, Director
Max Wants a Divorce
1917 · Max, Director, Writer
Max Comes Across
1917 · Max, Writer, Director
Max and the Purse
1917 · Director
Max devrait porter des bretelles
1917 · Max, Director
Max Linder Visits Charlie Chaplin
1917 · Self
Chance and Love
1915 · Max, Director, Writer
Hairdresser of Love
1915 · Director
Max in Monaco
1915 · Director
The False Max Linder
1914 · Max
Max asthmatique
1914 · Max, Director
Max in the Convent
1914
The Forced Marriage
1914 · Director
Max Plays at Drama
1914
Max and the Lady Doctor
1914 · Max, Director, Writer
Max Plays the Part
1914
Max as a Chiropodist
1914 · Max, Director
Max Wishes He Hadn't
1914 · Writer, Director
Max and the Jealous Husband
1914 · Max, Director
Max Speaks English
1914 · Max, Director
Max Sets the Style
1914 · Max, Director
Max's Latest Hobby
1914 · Director
Max's Vacation
1914 · Max, Director, Writer
Max as a Musician
1913 · Max, Writer, Director
An Unexpected Marriage
1913 · Director
Max's Hat
1913 · Max, Director, Writer
Le billet doux
1913 · Max, Scenario Writer, Director
Max Hates Cats
1913 · Director
Max Toreador
1913 · Director, Writer
Le duel de Max
1913 · Max, Director
Max Linder Does All the Sports
1913 · Max, Director
Max: Jockey for Love
1913 · Max, Director
Max Linder's Appointment
1913 · Director, Writer
Max Takes a Picture
1913
Max and the Statue
1912 · Max, Director, Writer
Max Wants to Grow
1912 · Max, Director
The Water-Funker
1912 · Max, Director
Jalousie
1912 · Writer, Director
Max: Boxer By Love
1912 · Director
The Romance of Max
1912 · Max, Director
Long-Lasting Love
1912 · Max, Director
Cordial Agreement
1912 · Director, Writer
Max émule de Tartarin
1912 · Max, Director
Max, Tango Teacher
1912 · Director
A Farmhouse Romance
1912 · Max, Director
The Wedding Trunk
1912 · Max, Director
Max and the Donkey
1912 · Max, Director
Un pari original
1912 · Max, Director
An Agitated Night
1912 · Director
Max Fears the Dogs
1912 · Max, Director
Max Juggles for Love
1912 · Max, Director
Max amoureux de la teinturière
1912 · Max, Director
Max and His Dog Dick
1912 · Max, Director, Writer
Max Takes Back His Freedom
1912 · Max (uncredited), Director, Writer
Max Sets the Fashion
1912 · Max, Director
Max Takes Tonics
1911 · Max, Director
Max and Jane Want to Do Theater
1911 · Max, Director, Writer
Max a un duel
1911 · Max, Director
Max Is Convalescent
1911 · Max, Director, Writer
Max and His Mother-in-Law
1911 · Max, Director, Writer
Max se marie
1911 · Max, Director
Max Takes a Bath
1911 · Max, Scenario Writer
Une ruse de mari
1911 · Writer
Champion de boxe
1911 · Max, Director, Writer
Comment Max fait le tour du monde
1911 · Director
Max Gets Stuck Up
1910 · Max, Director, Writer
Max manque un riche mariage
1910 · Max, Writer
Max Embarrassed
1910 · Max, Director
The Puzzle
1910
Trop aimée
1910 · Max
Max's First Job
1910 · Max, Director
Max Skiing
1910 · Max, Scenario Writer
The Effects of Pills
1910 · Max, Writer
Max est distrait
1910 · Max, Director
A Short-Sighted Duellist
1910 · Max
Max Makes a Touch
1910
I Want a Baby
1910 · Scenario Writer
The Adventures of Tartarin the Younger
1910 · Tartarin
Le serment d'un prince
1910 · Jacques de Lacerda, Writer, Director
The Barometer of Fidelity
1909
The Little Vixen
1909
A Conquest
1909
Love's Surprises
1909 · Director
In Love with the Bearded Woman
1909
Romeo Turns Bandit
1909
The Gentleman Thief
1909 · Arsène Lupin, Director
Beginning of the Serpentine Dance
1908 · The ballet master
Noisy Neighbors
1908
His First Cigar
1908
In a Difficult Position
1908 · Dieutegarde
Troubles of a Grass Widower
1908
A Drama in Seaville
1907 · The Rival
Pitou, bonne d'enfants
1907
Harlequin's Story
1907 · Polichinelle / Ponchinella / Harlequin
Max Learns to Skate
1907 · Max
For a Necklace
1907
At the Show
1907
Phial of Poison
1907
Attempted Suicide
1906
Joined Lips
1906
C'est Papa qui a pris la purge
1906 · Man on park bench
Unforeseen Meeting
1905
First Night Out
1905
A Nervous Twitch Is Catching (Un Tic Nerveux Contagieux)
