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Max's First Job

Max's First Job

Original Title: Les Débuts de Max au cinématographe

19107m
Comedy

Status

Released

Release

1910

Runtime

7m

Storyline

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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Details

Status
Released
Runtime
7m
Oct 1, 1910
Languages
No Language
Director
Louis J. Gasnier
Louis J. Gasnier
Max Linder
Max Linder
Production
Pathé Frères
Pathé Frères
Production Countries
France

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