Max's Chosen Bride (Mariage forcé)

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If Max doesn't marry soon he won't get any more money from his uncle. A subtle satire of upper-class sexual conventions.

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Wait...What?!

Cross-dressing strictly for deception is an old gag - as in "Max and the Maid (La malle au mariage)". Pulling off a project of deception by enlisting the aid of someone who cross-dresses for pleasure is a gag I'd never run across before. So I felt a need to understand the titles, to be more confident that there was no misunderstanding.

The invoice of clothes leaves no doubt.

The response to the discovery that Max's manservant enjoys wearing women's clothing was interesting: the servant seems to fear for his life, but instead Max just immediately pays him to act as his bride. Broad-minded chap, this fellow Max.

And the uncle, who showed no interest in the other prospects, goes nuts over the male bride: a subtle satire of upper-class sexual conventions.

Google Translation of French Titles

00:44

Max,

I give you to choose: Either you stop your life of wedding and you get married, or I cut you the provisions.

Your Uncle Gaston

I have pictures of girls to marry to make you choose. I am waiting for you.

01:09
At Uncle Gaston's
08:10
Ninon Sewing
Invoice
  • 1 Garance Garment Coat with Fur Collar...70fr
  • 1 matching crepe de chine dress...52fr
  • 1 ostrich feather felt hat...15fr
  • Total…137fr
09:35

My dear uncle

My shyness prevented me from speaking when you showed me the two photographs, but my heart is taken by a young girl whom I adore. Allow me to introduce it to you.

Max

12:08
The Wedding
14:09

I, Gaston Dupere, bind me to pay my nephew, Max, an annuity of 200,000 francs a year from the signature of his marriage check. This pension will be doubled on the day of the birth of her first child.

Gaston Dupéré

Google Translation of German Subtitles

00:44

Max,

I'll put you before the election: Either you give your existence as a living man, or I turn to you the money tap.

Your Uncle Gaston

I have photos of marriages girls here. I expect you.

01:09
With Uncle Gaston
08:10
Ninon Tailoring
Bill
  • 1 silk coat with large fur collar...70fr
  • 1 dress, Crepe de Chine, matching...52fr
  • 1 felt hat with ostrich feathers...15fr
  • Total…137fr
09:35

Dear uncle

I do not dare to say it when you show me the photos, my heart beats for a girl I would like to introduce you to.

Max

12:08
The Wedding
14:09

I Gaston Dupéré, undertook to pay my nephew Max an annual pension of 200,000 francs from the signing of his marriage contract. This pension is doubled at the birth of his first child.

Gaston Dupéré