Max et Jane veulent faire du théâtre
Weitere Titel: Max und Jane wollen Schauspieler werden (D, Ö)/ Their Common Destiny (UK)/ Max's Tragedy (USA) - Regie: (Max Linder; René Leprince) - Szenario: (Max Linder) - Länge: 295m - s/w - Interpreten: Max Linder; Charles Mosnier; Jane Renouardt {Jane de Chipanowa} - Produktion: Pathé Frères - Katalog-Nr.: 4911/Jan.12 - UA: 22. Dezember 1911 (Wien/ Kino-Theater) — Weitere Auff.: 23.2.12 (Paris/Omnia Pathé)
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Aus dem neuen Pathé-Programm vom 20. Januar grüsst ein langentbehrter Freund: Max Linder, der Liebling des gesamten Kinopublikums in Nord und Süd und Ost und West. Die reizende Komödie "Max und Jane wollen Schauspieler werden" zeigt ihn wieder einmal auf der Höhe. Sein Vater, der Bühnenvater, wünscht, dass er die Tochter einer Freundin heirate; er aber ist ebenso wie das junge Mädchen entschlossen, sich dem Theater zu widmen, und beide mögen von Hymens Fesseln nichts wissen. Bei der ersten, von den Eltern eingeleiteten Begegnung geben sie sich deshalb in ihrem Aeusseren wie im Benehmen so unvorteilhaft wie möglich und schrecken sich gegenseitig gründlich ab; als sie aber dann der Zufall einander in wahrer Gestalt zeigt, ändern sie zur Freude der Alten ihre Meinung sehr schnell und werden ein Herz und eine Seele. Nach einem Jahre sehen wir sie wieder - das Wie und Wo verraten, hiesse nur die Ueberraschung dieses ganz eigenartigen Tricks verderben. (Der Kinematograph, 10.1.1912)
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In this picture the lovers of well-developed farce will discover much to amuse and entertain. There is an unusual twist given at the end, which is productive of uproarious laughter. Max is a stage struck youth, and because of a deep-seated desire to go on the stage, refuses to consent to a marriage his father has planned for him. The girl, whom Max has never met, is also stage struck, and entertains no wish of marrying him, though her mother is anxious to see her make the alliance. The parents finally manage to bring the young people together, and they, in turn, exert all their skill in an attempt to disgust each other. An accidental meeting between the two when they are off guard causes them to change their minds, and, as a climax of the scene, we see them gently clasped in each other's arms. The scene following, and the last one, is subtitled, Six Months Later. The girl appears with a baby in her arms in a filthy tenement house. Max enters as a broken-down sport, and demands money from her. She refuses to part with her last cent, and, in the quarrel and struggle that follows, he kills her, and then - the curtain falls and the spectator discovers that he has been witnessing Max and his wife in a drama within a drama. They have fulfilled their stage ambitions, besides satisfying their parents. (The New York Dramatic Mirror, 25.9.1912)
• Ein Ausschnitt des Films ist enthalten in: Le Temps de Max (TV-Dokumentation, 2000)
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Max is stage struck, and is highly indignant when his father suggests that it is time he thought about marrying. „A man with a career must be free.“ His father, losing patience, marches him off to make acquaintance with the young lady whom he has selected as his son's future wife. Now this young lady is also stage struck, and she rebels at the thought of her career is to be blighted by a husband. The only escape is to disgust her would be helpmate, and she drags her hair back and with a scowl upon her charming face welcomes Max, who, struck by a similar idea, has made himself unrecognisable. The young people are not polite to each other, and at the end of the afternoon are clawing each other's hair. The disappointed parents separate them, and Max is dragged away by his crest-fallen parent. In the hurry, Max forgets his stick, and returns for it. To his astonishment he finds Jenny with her hair well dressed, and altogether charming. On her part, Jenny is surprised to see that Max is a good-looking young man. Each is smitten and both confide their reasons for their deception. They kiss and make it up, preparatory to treading the road of their common destiny. (The Bioscope, Dec. 28th 1911)