Be My Wife

1921 Comedy 55 minutes Directed by Max Linder

About Be My Wife

Max is set on winning Mary, and Aunt Agatha is against it. Max and Mary then get pulled into the business of Madam Coralie, a well-known dressmaker who is also a bootlegger.

Cast & crew

More about Be My Wife

Max Linder wrote, directed, and starred. Charles Van Enger photographed the silent comedy. Alta Allen and Rose Dione are in the cast.

Themes

An aunt who objects
A courtship
A dressmaker who bootlegs
Max Linder
Mary
Aunt Agatha
Madam Coralie
bootlegger

Background

A 1921 American silent comedy, with a bootlegger-dressmaker in the plot during Prohibition.

Making

Linder made the American comedy as his own vehicle, writing the script and playing Max.

Look

Charles Van Enger photographed Linder's comedy.

Preservation

A print is on the Internet Archive.

Notes

The courtship has to get past Aunt Agatha before the Coralie plot takes over.
Coralie is both a dressmaker and a bootlegger.
The Internet Archive identifier is silent-be-my-wife.

Scenes

Aunt Agatha blocks Max's pursuit of Mary.
Max and Mary land in Madam Coralie's dressmaking and bootleg business.

Also available

Internet Archive (silent-be-my-wife)