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Voidsville Follies

Language: Silent, English and German titles (3)

"Who the hell wants to hear actors talk?" -- Harry Warner, of Warner Bros. (1926)

Physician Of The Castle/A Narrow Escape (Le médecin du château)

André de Lorde (author)
Charles Foley (author)
Pathé (production)

Language: Silent, English and German titles, released in Mar 1908
Minutes: 6

A home invasion, a phone call of distress, and a race to the rescue trigger a parade of films that shows no signs of ending.

Featured elements:

: action; automobile; crime; distress call; family; home invasion; invasion-call-rescue; rescue; social commentary; suspense

The Little Vixen (Petite Rosse)

Camille de Morlhon (director/writer)
Max Linder (lead)
Arlette d'Umès (lead)
Pathé (production)

Language: Silent, English and German titles, released in Oct 1909
Minutes: 7

Max must learn to juggle three balls to win a mischievous maid. Includes one of the craziest of the Crazy Max dances. The title of this print "Max Jongleur par Amour (Juggling for Love)" is probably a re-release title, for there is no film with that title in the Pathe catalog. The description of the plot, down to the wording of the intertitles, identifies it as "Petite rosse". The film was originally also released in Pathecolor.

Featured elements:

: comedy; dance; farce

The False Max Linder (Un idiot qui se croit Max Linder)

Romeo Bosetti (director/lead/writer)
Jules Vial (lead)
Max Linder (lead)

Language: Silent, English and German titles, released in Oct 1914
Minutes: 12

Tries, but fails, to be an imitation Max. Samples "Max Pedicure". Ironic movie posters (for actual movies) suggest a possible subtext of the film. One is titled "Le duel de Max (Max and His Rival)" from 1913. When the imposter takes off the current poster, a poster is revealed for another Pathé Frères film: "La rançon de Rigadin (1914)" starring Charles Prince, whose "Rigadin" character was the only film comic that rivalled Max in popularity (and sometimes both used the same scenario: e.g., The Lady Doctor, and Courting Two Lovers). Was this film a sly putdown in a 1914 hiphop-style battle?

Featured elements:

: comedy; emblematic shot; identity mix-up; metatheatre

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