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.
Une ruse de mari

At the Show

Jalousie

Max Wishes He Hadn't

Seven Years Bad Luck
Le serment d'un prince

Champion de boxe

Max Wants a Divorce

Max in a Taxi

Max Speaks English

Max and His Mother-in-Law

Max and His Dog Dick

Max Takes Tonics

The Little Vixen

Max the Heartbreaker

The Three Must-Get-Theres
First Night Out

The False Max Linder

A Farmhouse Romance

Max's Hat

Max Takes a Picture
Max Fears the Dogs

Max Wants to Grow

Max Juggles for Love
Max: Boxer By Love

Max's First Job

Max Gets Stuck Up

The Dentures
Romeo Turns Bandit

Max and the Lady Doctor

Love's Surprises

Max Plays the Part

Max and the Donkey

An Agitated Night
The Romance of Max

Max and the Statue

Max Sets the Fashion

His First Cigar
In a Difficult Position

Harlequin's Story
Joined Lips

Max Sets the Style

Max in Monaco

Max Takes a Bath

Max Learns to Skate

Be My Wife

Au secours !

Max and Jane Want to Do Theater

Max: Jockey for Love

The Barometer of Fidelity

Max Embarrassed

The Water-Funker

Long-Lasting Love

Cordial Agreement

Max Is Convalescent

Max as a Chiropodist

Max's Vacation

The Wedding Trunk

C'est Papa qui a pris la purge

Max and the Purse

Max Linder Does All the Sports
A Nervous Twitch Is Catching (Un Tic Nerveux Contagieux)

Troubles of a Grass Widower

Chance and Love
The World of Yesteryear – Max Linder

Le Petit Café
For a Necklace
The Husband's Trick

King of the Circus

The Adventures of Tartarin the Younger
Max Makes a Touch

Max Toreador
Max Hates Cats
Max, Tango Teacher
A Short-Sighted Duellist
Max, médecin malgré lui

Attempted Suicide

In Love with the Bearded Woman

The Theft of the Mona Lisa

The Forced Marriage

Max in the Convent

Max Skiing
An Unexpected Marriage

Max and the Jealous Husband

Max Plays at Drama

I Want a Baby

Hairdresser of Love

Life and Deaths of Max Linder

Max Takes Back His Freedom

Max devrait porter des bretelles

A Conquest

Beginning of the Serpentine Dance

Laugh with Max Linder

Phial of Poison
The Effects of Pills
Max se marie
Trop aimée
Chaussure trop étroite
Max émule de Tartarin
Max a un duel
Max est distrait
Un pari original
Max amoureux de la teinturière
Le duel de Max

Max as a Musician

The Man in the Silk Hat

Birth of the Tramp

Max Comes Across

Max Linder Visits Charlie Chaplin

Le billet doux
Tout sur mon père Max Linder
Max asthmatique
Noisy Neighbors
Max's Latest Hobby
Max manque un riche mariage
The Gentleman Thief

Max Linder's Appointment
Unforeseen Meeting
Les Étudiants de Paris
Julot va dans le monde
Comment Max fait le tour du monde
Pitou, bonne d'enfants
Those Were The Days

Easter Parade

All in Good Fun
Encyclopédie audiovisuelle du cinéma

Champion de boxe

Champion de boxe

Seven Years Bad Luck

The Three Must-Get-Theres

The Three Must-Get-Theres
The Gentleman Thief

Max Juggles for Love

Max Takes Tonics

Max and His Dog Dick

Max the Heartbreaker

Max and His Dog Dick

Max in a Taxi

Max Wants a Divorce

Max and His Mother-in-Law

Max Speaks English

Max and His Mother-in-Law

A Farmhouse Romance

Max Takes a Bath

Max's Hat

Max Wants to Grow
Max: Boxer By Love

Max's First Job

Be My Wife

Max and the Statue

Max and the Donkey
The Romance of Max

An Agitated Night

Max Sets the Fashion

Max Gets Stuck Up

Max and the Lady Doctor

Max Sets the Style

Max in Monaco

Max and Jane Want to Do Theater

Max Embarrassed

Max Linder's Appointment

Max Linder's Appointment

The Water-Funker

Max Is Convalescent

Long-Lasting Love

Cordial Agreement

Max as a Chiropodist

Max's Vacation

Max and the Purse

Max Linder Does All the Sports

Par habitude

The Wedding Trunk

Troubles of a Grass Widower

Chance and Love

Chance and Love

King of the Circus

Seven Years Bad Luck

Be My Wife

Be My Wife

Seven Years Bad Luck

The Adventures of Tartarin the Younger

The Adventures of Tartarin the Younger

Max as a Musician

Jalousie

Max Wishes He Hadn't

Jalousie
Max, Tango Teacher
Max Hates Cats

Max Toreador

Max Takes Back His Freedom
Max, médecin malgré lui
Max, médecin malgré lui

The Forced Marriage

Max and the Jealous Husband
An Unexpected Marriage

Hairdresser of Love

I Want a Baby

Max Gets Stuck Up
Max Fears the Dogs

Max's Vacation

Max and the Lady Doctor

I Want a Baby

Max and Jane Want to Do Theater

Max Takes Back His Freedom

Max Is Convalescent
Une ruse de mari

Au secours !

Laugh with Max Linder

Love's Surprises

Max's Hat

Max and the Statue

Cordial Agreement
The Effects of Pills

Max devrait porter des bretelles
Max se marie
Le serment d'un prince
Le serment d'un prince

Max: Jockey for Love

Max Wishes He Hadn't
Max a un duel
Max est distrait
Max émule de Tartarin

Max as a Musician
Un pari original
Max amoureux de la teinturière
Le duel de Max

Le Petit Café

Maxim's Porter

Max Comes Across

Max Comes Across

Le billet doux

Le billet doux
Max asthmatique

Max Wants a Divorce
Max's Latest Hobby
Max manque un riche mariage

Attempted Suicide

Attempted Suicide
Comment Max fait le tour du monde
