A Farmhouse Romance

Name: A Farmhouse Romance
Director: Max Linder
Released: 1912
Duration: 10 min
Cast: Max Linder

1912 10 minutes Directed by Max Linder

About A Farmhouse Romance

Max's rich uncle is tired of supporting him and wants him to marry a daughter of a farmer friend. The farmer assigns the older daughter and dresses the younger as a maid. Max is drawn to the maid and keeps trying to obey the uncle. Suzy Depsy is billed with Max Linder. The French title is Une idylle à la ferme. The British title is A Farm-house Romance.

Cast & crew

Max Linder Director

More about A Farmhouse Romance

Linder wrote and directed the Pathé comedy. Wikidata times it at 10 minutes and lists releases on 14 June, 16 August, and 20 December 1912. A copy is on the Internet Archive.

Themes

An uncle who wants a marriage
A daughter dressed as a maid
Max choosing the wrong one on purpose
Max Linder
farm
uncle
maid
Pathé
Suzy Depsy

Preservation

A copy is on the Internet Archive.

Notes

The English Wikipedia calls Max an elegant but disaster-prone man-about-town.
The younger daughter is hidden as the maid.
The Internet Archive identifier is MaxLinderInAFarm-houseRomanceidylleALaFerme1912.