Max Linder
Acting
Born December 16, 1883 · Cavernes, Saint-Loubès, Gironde, France
Biography
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 high…
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Max Embarrassed
Easter Parade
Le Petit Café
Max's First Job
An Agitated Night
Max Juggles for Love
Max and His Mother-in-Law
Charlie the Innkeeper
The Barometer of Fidelity
Max Makes a Touch
Max se marie
Charlie Chaplin, The Genius of Liberty
The Way of the World
Max and His Dog Dick
Life and Deaths of Max Linder
Birth of the Tramp
The Theft of the Mona Lisa
Max Linder Visits Charlie Chaplin
The Three Must-Get-Theres
Seven Years Bad Luck
A Drama in Seaville
In a Difficult Position
Max Linder Collection 1917-1922
The Forced Marriage
All in Good Fun
Max's Hat
Max: Boxer By Love
Max émule de Tartarin
Le duel de Max
Au secours !
Be My Wife
Max Linder's Appointment
Max Skiing
Max: Jockey for Love
Max Takes Tonics
Chance and Love
King of the Circus
Harlequin's Story
Trop aimée