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Voidsville Follies

Works from Georges Gorby (4)

Love Unconquerable (Amour tenace)

Max Linder (director/lead/writer)
Stacia Napierkowska (lead)
Georges Gorby (lead)
Pathé (production)

Language: Silent, French titles, English subtitles, released in Aug 1912
Minutes: 10

Max is spurned by the father of his love, but still he persists. Note that Max briefly revisits his 1907 debut film, "The Unskillful Skater".

Featured elements:

: comedy; forbidden love; romance; slapstick; sports

Max's Vacation (Les Vacances de Max)

Max Linder (director/lead/writer)
Lucy d'Orbel (lead)
Georges Gorby (lead)
Pathé (production)

Language: Silent, French titles, released in Jul 1913
Minutes: 16

Max is invited to join his uncle for a holiday, but his wife refuses to be left behind, so he sneaks her in his suitcase.

Featured elements:

: comedy; farce

Max As A Chiropodist (Max pédicure)

Max Linder (director/lead/writer)
Lucy d'Orbel (lead)
Georges Gorby (lead)
Pathé (production)

Language: Silent, French titles, released in Jan 1914
Minutes: 15

When papa steps in, Max must stop romancing the daughter and pretend to be a pedicurist. Rework of "Pedicure Par Amour (1908)", and later sampled in "The False Max Linder (1914)"

Featured elements:

: comedy; farce; identity mix-up

Max Is Love Sick (Le hasard et l'amour)

Max Linder (director/lead/writer)
Lucy d'Orbel (lead)
Georges Gorby (lead)
Pathé (production)

Language: Silent, French titles, German subtitles, released in Sep 1915
Minutes: 26

Max is lovesick when rejected by his lover's father. Although billed as 'comédie sentimementale', other than the light humor of Max pretending to be a doctor, it's all played strictly sentimental.