Max linder films

 

SURVIVING MAX LINDER FILMS

⭐ 1. SURVIVING FEATURE FILMS (ALL SURVIVE)

These are the easiest to access today and exist in complete, restored, or stable archival prints.

• Be My Wife (1921)

• Seven Years Bad Luck (1921)

• The Three Must‑Get‑Theres (1922)

• Max, der Zirkuskönig / Max, King of the Circus (1924) — survives in European archives

• The King of the Circus (alternate cut)

• The Little Café (1919) — survives in multiple versions

• Au Secours! (Help!) (1924) — survives

• The Man with the Rubber Head (fragmentary but extant)

All major features survive in viewable form.

⭐ 2. SURVIVING PATHÉ SHORTS (1905–1914)

Max made over 300 shorts; only a portion survive. Below are the best‑known, fully surviving titles:

Key Surviving Shorts (Complete or Substantial):

• Troubles of a Grass Widower (1912)

• Max Takes a Picture (1913)

• Max Learns to Skate (1910)

• Max and His Dog (1912)

• Max the Tormentor (1914)

• Max’s Hat (1913)

• Max Joins the Giants (1912)

• Max’s Vacation (1913)

• Max and the Taxi Driver (1911)

• Max’s Double (1912)

• Max the Lady Killer (1913)

• Max and the Statue (1912)

• Max’s Troubled Sleep (1912)

• Max’s Divorce (1913)

• Max’s Dancing Lesson (1912)

• Max Takes Tonics (1911)

• Max’s Hat (1913)

• Max’s Baby Carriage (1912)

• Max the Skier (1912)

These are the shorts most commonly preserved in archives and retrospectives.

⭐ 3. PARTIALLY SURVIVING / FRAGMENTARY SHORTS

Many early Pathé films survive only in fragments, incomplete reels, or foreign‑market prints.

Examples include:

• Max Plays at Doctor

• Max and the Jealous Husband

• Max’s First Love

• Max and the Milkmaid

• Max’s Holiday

These exist in varying lengths depending on the archive.

⭐ 4. LOST FILMS

A large portion of Linder’s earliest one‑reelers (1905–1909) are lost, largely due to nitrate decay and Pathé’s disposal practices. Exact counts vary, but over half of his earliest films are missing.

⭐ SUMMARY

• All major Max Linder features survive.

• Dozens of shorts survive, especially from 1910–1914.

• Many early Pathé films are lost, but a surprising number exist in restored or partial form.

• His surviving work is enough to show why Chaplin called him “my master.”