Le petit jeune homme (Titel Blatt)

Le petit jeune homme

Weitere Titel: Ein Grünschnabel (D, Ö)/ A Young Lady-Killer (UK)/ Willyboy gets his (USA) - Regie: (Louis Gasnier) - Szenario: Max Linder - Länge: 145m - s/w - Interpret: Max Linder {Isodore Panachon} - Produktion: Pathé Frères - Katalog-Nr.: 3025/Sept.09 - Auff.: 13. August 1909 (Wien/ Gisela-Theater) — Weitere Auff.: 11.09.09 (Herne/ Kinematoscope); 15.10.09 (Lyon/ Pathé Grolée)

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Ein junger Mann geht auf Eroberungen aus. Er begegnet zwei jungen und hübschen Damen, wendet sich nach ihnen um, zögert furchtsam und fast dann plötzlich Mut und folgt ihnen nach. Die beiden Damen versuchen vergeblich ihre Eroberung los zu werden und machen sich über den jungen Mann lustig. Sie treten in einen Konditorladen. Max folgt ihnen und verzehrt hier etwa ein Dutzend Windbeutel, immer mit verliebten Augen nach den Damen schielend. Beim Verlassen des Ladens merkt er, dass er zuviel gegessen hat, aber trotzdem folgt er ihnen. Sie gehen zum Zahnarzt. Dort eingetreten lassen die beiden Damen Max den Vortritt und er erleidet wohl oder übel den Verlust eines Backenzahnes und mehrerer Schneidezähne. Er verliert jedoch nicht den Mut und folgt den beiden Spötterinnen zu deren Wohnung, wo sie ihm eine Cigarre offerieren. Nach ein paar Zügen wird der junge Mann plötzlich bleich, rennt zum Fenster und die Katastrophe vollzieht sich. Ein Herr welcher vorübergeht denkt es regnet und spannt seinen Schirm auf. (Katalog Pathé, 1909)

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Mr. Max Linder, who "creates" the principal role in this picture, is we think, one of the best cinematographic actors there is. He was responsible, we believe, for the numerous adventures of Theodore which Messrs. Pathe have from time to time produced, and now once more he gives a finished performance of a delightfully irresponsible young man who pursues two damsels through the public streets and is lured by them to destruction. The youth is struck by the appearance of the girls as he passes, and turns to follow them. They determine to teach him a lesson, and lead him first to a confectioner's, where he is surfeited upon sweets; then to a dentist's, where he is compelled to part with two perfectly sound teeth; and finally to their house, where he is made sick with cigarettes. Mr. Linder's fascinating personality and the perfection of his pantomimic art, combine to make this a very amusing picture. (The Bioscope, 2.9.1909)

Not much of a comedy, although the photography is excellent. A „dude“ flirts with a couple of girls, follows them through the streets and into several places, and finally home. There they ask him in and give him a cigarette to smoke which causes him to regret it. Walt. (Variety, Dec. 18^th 1909)

A farce comedy story with a number of amusing incidents based on an idea of some humor, is told in this film, but the last scene is a trifle disgusting even if it does bring a laugh. A Paris masher follows a pair of young women into a confectioner's, where he forces himself to eat when he is not hungry. Next he follows them into a dentist's, where they politely make way for him and the dentist pulls one of his teeth, while they enjoy his discomfiture. Following them home, they invite him in and give him a cigarette, but the confectionery he has eaten and the loss of his tooth has turned his stomach, and he is forced to relieve himself at the window, a passing stranger getting the result on top of his silk hat. (The New York Dramatic Mirror, Dec. 18^th 1909)

We now pass on to another favourite of the biograph theatre, Max Linder who impersonates a youth supposed to be smitten with the charms of two damsels. Timidly, yet with a certain amount of determination, he follows them through the streets and all hints that his presence is not desirable are lost upon him. Annoyed at his presumption, the two girls resolve to make him to consume a quantity of unwholesome cakes as a penalty. A visit to the dentist follows, and before he is well aware of it he has lost a couple of good teeth. He is full of pluck, however, and continues the chase, with a handkerchief pressed to his face, and is soon inveigled into smoking some cigarettes which they press upon him. These, however, as another photograph shows, put the finishing stroke to his discomfort, and the young ladykiller is finally vanquished. (The Strand Magazine, Feb. 1911/Reprinted in „In the Kingdom of Shadows“)