Max fait de la photo (1913)

User Rating:

5.5/10   

Director:

Lucien Nonguet

Writer:

Max Linder (writer)

Release Date:

13 November 1913 (France)

Genre:

Short | Comedy | Drama

Plot Keywords:

Character Name In Title

Cast

Max Linder

...

Max

Also Known As:

Max Takes a Picture (USA)

Runtime:

13 min | France:3 min (16 fps)

Country:

France

Language:

French

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Silent

Company:

Pathé Frères

One gag does not make a whole film...

Here's a Max Linder short that runs too long when it's based on a single incident at the beach. He attempts to take a photo of a woman in a bathing suit (and she's no beauty), waiting while she swims around like she thinks she's an early embodiment of Esther Williams. He's waiting for her to emerge so he can snap the photo, but she fools him by diving beneath the sea (like an overweight mermaid) and running ashore some distance away so he doesn't see her.

Naturally, he thinks she's drowned and attracts quite a crowd with his frantic arm waving, all of whom think a woman has just disappeared in the water. When she emerges from the bathhouse, fear turns to joy.

That's it, for the plot. It's all very primitive looking, none of the sight gags are memorable and it runs too long--even for a short.

Summing up: Not worth a peek.