Help! (1924)
Au secours! (original title)Reference View | Change View
- 18min
- Short, Comedy
- 17 Jun 1924 (France)
- Short
Max accepts a wager that he cannot remain in a haunted castle for one hour (11 PM to midnight) without crying for help. As soon as he arrives he encounters strange and nightmarish visions, but he is nevertheless on the verge of winning the...
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| Max Linder | ... |
Max
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| Jean Toulout | ... |
Comte de Mornay
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| Gina Palerme | ... |
Renée
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| Gaston Modot |
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| Abel Gance | ||
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| Abel Gance | ... | () |
| Max Linder | ... | (idea) |
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| Abel Gance | ... | producer |
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| Émile Pierre | ||
| André-Wladimir Reybas | ||
| Georges Specht | ||
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- Gaumont (1924) (France) (theatrical) (as Ciné Comptoir Location Gaumont)
- Unione Cinematografica Italiana (UCI) (1924) (Italy) (theatrical)
- Film Preservation Associates (2000) (United States) (DVD)
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Max accepts a wager that he cannot remain in a haunted castle for one hour (11 PM to midnight) without crying for help. As soon as he arrives he encounters strange and nightmarish visions, but he is nevertheless on the verge of winning the bet when a phone-call brings startling news . . . Written by wmorrow59 |
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Did You Know?
| Trivia | When Max Linder returned to France after working in the US, he bet his friend Abel Gance - known for making big, splashy spectacles - that he couldn't make a movie in less than three days. Gance accepted the bet, and this film is the result. See more » |
| Movie Connections | Featured in The Man in the Silk Hat (1983). See more » |