Max Linder

I had never heard of Max Linder until I started looking into early film shorts. His short films are as funny as any I've seen by those who are more well known.

The Dentures (1909):

The Max Linder short is just the first 3 minutes of the video.

Max and the Lady Doctor (1909):


Troubles of a Grasswidower (1912):

Not for the faint of heart. That dinner!

Love's Surprises (1913):


Max Takes a Picture (1913):


Max Décoré (1914):

Yes, fashion is whatever the fashionable decide it is, but oh, my! what shoes!

Be My Wife (1921):


Seven Years Bad Luck (1921) is an hour long and much longer than the others I watched: