Max presents himself with a letter of introduction to Mr. Charles Pathé. He is then passed from hand to hand until he finds himself facing a director who has him do a few tests: singing, dancing, performing a somersault, receiving a slap. Some time later, he is summoned for a screen test. We then see him at odds with his wife and especially his mother-in-law, who end up throwing him out of a window and then successively hurling a table, a wardrobe, a mattress, etc., at him while he is being filmed. Finally, the director asks him to make a face in front of the camera. And that's when Max rebels and turns against his tormentors.
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Louis J. Gasnier Director · Max Linder Director
United States release July 10, 1913 · Produced in France · Original title Les Débuts de Max au cinématographe
Production
Pathé Frères
Production
France
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Original title
Les Débuts de Max au cinématographe
Original language
French
Spoken on screen
No dialogue
Release dates
Austria · October 1, 1910
Theatrical
France · December 28, 1910
Theatrical
United States · July 10, 1913
Theatrical
Finland
October 24, 1910 · Theatrical
France
October 17, 2012 · Theatrical · Re-release
Germany
November 5, 1910 · Theatrical
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