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Max et son âne (1912) Online

Max et son âne (1912) Online
1912 Max Linder Paulette Lorsy Joé Dawson Max Linder René Leprince
Original Title :
Max et son âne
Genre :
Movie / Comedy / Short
Year :
1912
Directror :
Max Linder,René Leprince
Cast :
Max Linder,Paulette Lorsy,Joé Dawson
Writer :
Max Linder,Louis Z. Rollini
Type :
Movie
Time :
7min
Rating :
5.8/10

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Joe Dawson is in the part of the donkey. He, Joe, is represented as being engaged to a pretty girl, who is accustomed to take a ride on her donkey every day. Max writes to the girl for an ... See full summary

Max et son âne (1912) Online

Joe Dawson is in the part of the donkey. He, Joe, is represented as being engaged to a pretty girl, who is accustomed to take a ride on her donkey every day. Max writes to the girl for an appointment. Joe decides to teach Max a lesson, and one morning plays the part of the donkey. His fiancée rides on his back when she goes to meet Max. The donkey constantly edges his head in, and pushes Max off the park seat. Having frightened his unfortunate victim into taking to his heels, he gives chase very realistically. He tracks Max to the roof of a pile of flats, is induced to jump into space after him, and pommels his body when he comes upon him in the street. Max is now quite readily made to incite and sign a quaintly worded statement, to the effect that he will never make love to the donkey's mistress again.
Cast overview:
Max Linder Max Linder - Max
Paulette Lorsy Paulette Lorsy - Mademoiselle Lily
Joé Dawson Joé Dawson - L'âne


User reviews

Bloodhammer

Bloodhammer

Max Linder strays further from his usual haunts of situational comedy, far into straight slapstick as he gets into a dispute over the woman he is courting with a pantomime donkey -- although whether the donkey wants the girl or Max is something I can not quite make out.

In any case, Max and the Donkey go on the set slapstick chase of the French and Italian cinema, including crawling down the side of a building. It is here that we get a touch of Max' character: while Max just leaps, the donkey stops and thinks it over on the rooftop before finally heading down the building, an effect which is achieved by putting a painting of a wall on the floor and shooting each of them crawling backwards in turn.

While straight slapstick chase is not Max' usual meat, he manages to pull it off with enough charm to make this worthwhile.
Bedy

Bedy

In order to enjoy this film, you really need to turn off your brain, as the plot really makes no sense at all. Given you can do this, you'll have a nice laugh.

The film begins with a lady becoming engaged to a man. She then mentions to him that another man (Max) has been watching her every day when she rides her donkey(?!?!). It was odd because she seemed to live in the city--perhaps ladies rode their donkeys about in Paris back in 1912. Regardless, what they do next wouldn't have even fooled Ray Charles, as the boyfriend decided to dress up like a donkey and fool Max. So, when Max approaches, the boyfriend (as a donkey) begins chasing Max about. It is pretty cute--especially at end when the two make up! But, again, who would fall for such a silly ruse? No one, actually. But it is funny.

By the way, do NOT assume Linder was a lame comedian--he was very accomplished. It's just that in early comedies they usually didn't have scripts and they just 'winged it'. So, if the story idea wasn't great, the film would falter. Also, he did some wonderful comedies--so much that Chaplin credits him with being THE first great film comedian (even though Linder made films around the same time Chaplin began).