Troubles of a Grass Widower

1908 Comedy 10 minutes Directed by Max Linder

About Troubles of a Grass Widower

A wife, tired of her husband's habits, goes back to her mother. He is pleased to have the house to himself, then finds he cannot manage the chores. Max Linder plays the husband. The French title on the Archive copy is Vive la vie de garçon.

Cast & crew

More about Troubles of a Grass Widower

Linder directed. Wikidata times it at 10 minutes. He is the only billed player. A copy is on the Internet Archive.

Themes

  • A wife who leaves for her mother
  • A house the husband cannot run
  • Max Linder
  • grass widower
  • chores
  • 1908

Preservation

A copy is on the Internet Archive.

Notes

  • A grass widower is a husband whose wife is away, not a man whose wife has died.
  • The pleasure lasts only until the housework starts.
  • The Internet Archive identifier is silent-vive-la-vie-de-garon.

Scenes

  • He celebrates the empty house, then fails at the first chores.

Also available

  • Internet Archive (silent-vive-la-vie-de-garon)