Max manque un riche mariage
Weitere Titel: Max verfehlt eine reiche Heirat (D, Ö)/ A Good Chance Lost (UK)/ Shame on Max (USA) - Regie: (Lucien Nonguet) - Szenario: Max Linder - Länge: 140m - s/w - Interpret: Max Linder - Produktion: Pathé Frères - Katalog-Nr.: 4033/Dez.10 - Drehzeit: vor Nov. 1910 - UA: 3. Dezember 1910 (Österreich, Auff. in „Bioskop Theater Annenhof“/Graz am 25.12.1910) — Weitere Auff.: 25.3.11 (Bordeaux/Théâtre National Pathé)
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Max ist immer noch auf der Suche nach einer Braut und er wird mit einer liebenswürdigen Familie bekannt gemacht, die eine reizende Tochter besitzt. Als er zur Soirée gehen will, entdeckt er einen drohenden Riß auf dem Hinterteil seiner Hose. Er bessert sie so gut er kann aus, doch im Laufe des Abends wird er die Angst nicht los. Endlich, nach vielen aufregenden Erlebnissen entdeckt die Herrin des Hauses seinen Fehler und Max ergreift die Flucht unter allgemeinem Gelächter der Anwesenden. (Deutscher Lichtbildtheater-Besitzer, 5.1.1911)
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Not much of a story perhaps, but something to suit Max Linder's particular line of endeavor. One finds enough drama in his action and presence which is a comedy of climax and conclusion in itself. In this case he desires to make an impression on a Miss Poole. Before he starts out he rips the seat of his trousers in tying his shoes. He mends them and start out. They burst forth again at the reception, and the amusement arises from his endeavor at concealment. At last he is discovered while he is tying Miss Poole's shoe latchet. (The New York Dramatic Mirror, 7.6.1911)
Weitere Filmbeschreibungen/Kritiken:
Max gets an introduction to a family of Americans, and makes a careful toilet preparatory to responding to an invitation to an evening gathering. He makes the horrible discovery that a lacuna exists in a seam of his lower garment. Max does what he can to repair the damage with the aid of a needle and thread, but he feels very dubious of his handiwork. So much so, that in a cab he takes extreme care not to sit down. Amongst the ladies Max finds his fears vanish, but a sudden movement causes disaster. He conceals the catastrophe as well as he can - at first with a chair, and then his partner's fan. But his eccentric behavior arouses the curiosity of his hostess, and her skirmishing brings discovery and shame upon her guest. (The Bioscope, Dec. 15th 1910)