Max Speaks English
About Max Speaks English
In a first-class railway carriage Max asks a young woman if he may smoke, then flirts with her. He calls the next day. Her father sells enamel baths and geysers. She hides Max in a portable shower. The father, showing the bath to a customer, turns the water on and soaks him. Max Linder plays Max. Cécile Guyon is billed with him. The French title is L'anglais tel que Max le parle. The Bioscope of 22 November 1917 printed the carriage-and-shower outline.
Cast & crew
More about Max Speaks English
Linder directed. Wikidata times it at 10 minutes. A copy is on Wikimedia Commons.
Themes
Preservation
A copy is on Wikimedia Commons.
Notes
- The English is the ice-breaker: May I smoke?
- The shower is a sales sample, not a bathroom already installed.
- The Bioscope notice is dated 1917, three years after the film.
Scenes
- The father demonstrates the portable shower and drenches Max inside it.
Also available
- Wikimedia Commons (L'anglais tel que Max le parle)
