Max Linder
1883-12-16 ( 141 years old ) in Cavernes, Saint-Loubès, Gironde, France

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.

Movies

Life and Deaths of Max Linder 2024-05-13
Tout sur mon père Max Linder 2013-12-31
Birth of the Tramp 2013-12-29
The Man in the Silk Hat 1983-11-05
Laugh with Max Linder 1963-11-22
Easter Parade 1948-07-08
Those Were The Days 1946-11-29
The Theft of the Mona Lisa 1931-08-24
Au secours ! 1924-06-17
King of the Circus 1924-05-23
The World of Yesteryear – Max Linder 1924-03-09
The Three Must-Get-Theres 1922-08-22
Be My Wife 1921-04-01
Seven Years Bad Luck 1921-02-06
Le Petit Café 1919-01-02
Max, médecin malgré lui 1917-09-21
Max the Heartbreaker 1917-05-04
Max in a Taxi 1917-04-23
Max Wants a Divorce 1917-03-26
Max Comes Across 1917-02-18
Max and the Purse 1917-02-02
Max devrait porter des bretelles 1917-01-01
Max Linder Visits Charlie Chaplin 1917-01-01
Chance and Love 1915-12-31
Hairdresser of Love 1915-04-22
Max in Monaco 1915-01-07
The False Max Linder 1914-09-29
Max asthmatique 1914-09-17
Max in the Convent 1914-08-13
The Forced Marriage 1914-08-10
Max Plays at Drama 1914-07-23
Max and the Lady Doctor 1914-07-10
Max Plays the Part 1914-07-01
Max as a Chiropodist 1914-04-23
Max Wishes He Hadn't 1914-04-14
Max and the Jealous Husband 1914-04-10
Max Speaks English 1914-03-06
Max Sets the Style 1914-03-05
Max's Latest Hobby 1914-02-14
Max's Vacation 1914-01-09
Max as a Musician 1913-12-12
An Unexpected Marriage 1913-11-11
Max's Hat 1913-10-24
Le billet doux 1913-10-24
Max Hates Cats 1913-09-26
Max Toreador 1913-09-11
Le duel de Max 1913-08-29
Max Linder Does All the Sports 1913-07-03
Max: Jockey for Love 1913-03-21
Max Linder's Appointment 1913-03-07
Max Takes a Picture 1913-01-12
Max and the Statue 1912-12-20
Max Wants to Grow 1912-12-06
The Water-Funker 1912-12-06
Jalousie 1912-12-01
Max: Boxer By Love 1912-10-24
The Romance of Max 1912-10-17
Long-Lasting Love 1912-10-03
Cordial Agreement 1912-09-19
Max émule de Tartarin 1912-08-30
Max, Tango Teacher 1912-08-16
A Farmhouse Romance 1912-08-15
The Wedding Trunk 1912-07-18
Max and the Donkey 1912-07-04
Un pari original 1912-06-21
An Agitated Night 1912-05-24
Max Fears the Dogs 1912-05-08
Max Juggles for Love 1912-05-08
Max amoureux de la teinturière 1912-02-23
Max and His Dog Dick 1912-02-09
Max Takes Back His Freedom 1912-01-26
Max Sets the Fashion 1912-01-05
Max Takes Tonics 1911-12-15
Max and Jane Want to Do Theater 1911-12-11
Max a un duel 1911-09-11
Max Is Convalescent 1911-08-25
Max and His Mother-in-Law 1911-04-28
Max se marie 1911-03-17
Max Takes a Bath 1911-02-01
Une ruse de mari 1911-01-16
Champion de boxe 1911-01-10
Comment Max fait le tour du monde 1911-01-04
Max Gets Stuck Up 1910-12-31
Max manque un riche mariage 1910-12-03
Max Embarrassed 1910-11-12
Trop aimée 1910-10-15
Max's First Job 1910-10-01
Max Skiing 1910-07-14
The Effects of Pills 1910-07-09
Max est distrait 1910-07-03
A Short-Sighted Duellist 1910-07-01
Max Makes a Touch 1910-05-20
I Want a Baby 1910-04-08
The Adventures of Tartarin the Younger 1910-01-07
Le serment d'un prince 1910-01-01
The Dentures 1909-11-16
The Barometer of Fidelity 1909-11-04
La Petite Rosse 1909-10-22
A Conquest 1909-10-22
Love's Surprises 1909-10-16
In Love with the Bearded Woman 1909-07-31
Romeo Turns Bandit 1909-05-16
The Gentleman Thief 1909-01-01
Noisy Neighbors 1908-07-11
Beginning of the Serpentine Dance 1908-06-26
Troubles of a Grass Widower 1908-02-29
In a Difficult Position 1908-02-15
His First Cigar 1908-01-18
Harlequin's Story 1907-06-20
Max Learns to Skate 1907-05-09
Phial of Poison 1907-02-16
At the Show 1907-01-20
C'est Papa qui a pris la purge 1907-01-17
For a Necklace 1907-01-02
The Husband's Trick 1907-01-02
Chaussure trop étroite 1907-01-01
Joined Lips 1906-10-12
Julot va dans le monde 1906-06-17
Les Étudiants de Paris 1906-06-13
Attempted Suicide 1906-01-09
Unforeseen Meeting 1905-08-25
First Night Out 1905-07-20
A Nervous Twitch Is Catching (Un Tic Nerveux Contagieux)
Pitou, bonne d'enfants

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