Max Takes Tonics
About Max Takes Tonics
A doctor tells Max to drink Bordeaux of cinchona every morning. At home he finds a large glass his wife left, labeled Souvenir de Bordeaux. He drinks all of it, thinking it is the medicine. He spends the day drunk.
Cast & crew
More about Max Takes Tonics
Max Linder directed and plays Max. Pathé released it. The French title is Max victime du quinquina. British title: Max and His Prescription. Wikidata gives 17 minutes. Lucy d'Orbel, Georges Coquet, Maurice Delamare, Georges Gorby, and Gabrielle Lange are billed. A copy is on the Internet Archive as MaxLinderInMaxTakesTonicsvictimeDuQuinquina1911.
Themes
Preservation
A copy is on the Internet Archive.
Notes
- The mix-up is the word Bordeaux on a souvenir glass and on the tonic.
- Quinquina is cinchona, the bitter the doctor ordered.
- The British release title drops the tonic and calls it Max and His Prescription.
- Lucy d'Orbel is billed with Linder.
Scenes
- Max drains the Souvenir de Bordeaux glass.
- He goes through the day drunk on what he thought was medicine.
Also available
- Internet Archive (MaxLinderInMaxTakesTonicsvictimeDuQuinquina1911)
