Max's Hat

1913 Comedy 5 minutes Directed by Max Linder

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About Max's Hat

Max is invited to meet his future in-laws and has to dress formally. Every hat he tries is ruined before he can leave. Max Linder plays Max and directed the short. The French title is Le chapeau de Max.

Cast & crew

More about Max's Hat

Wikidata times it at 5 minutes. Linder is the only billed player. A copy is on Wikimedia Commons.

Themes

  • A formal call
  • A hat that will not survive
  • The in-laws waiting
  • Max Linder
  • hat
  • in-laws
  • Le chapeau de Max

Preservation

A copy is on Wikimedia Commons.

Notes

  • The joke is a sequence of ruined hats, not one lost hat.
  • The meeting is with the future in-laws.
  • The Commons file uses the French title.

Scenes

  • Each new hat is wrecked before Max can get out the door.

Also available

  • Wikimedia Commons (Le chapeau de Max)

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