Max est distrait (1910)

• 72%
• 1910
• Comedy
• Max Linder

This represents Max as a charming fellow, but with an unfortunate habit of becoming absorbed in a single train of thought which leads him to commit such hopeless blunders as pouring coffee into his hat, deserting fair companions in the street for the sake of a match and wedding with his daughter that evening. Max re-borrowing "lights" without returning the cigarettes to their rightful owners. He is negotiating with a horse dealer for the purchase of a mare. He finds the animal unsuitable, and writes a short note to the dealer to the effect that he is not inclined to buy. He has barely signed the letter, when he receives another from his future father- in-law, with an invitation to dine and to fix the date, but in his usual distraught way he slips his notes into the wrong envelopes, so that the old gentleman receives the following: "It is useless your reckoning upon me. I do not want her for several reasons, first because she is too old, secondly she is knock-kneed, and lastly she bites." It is not to be surprised that the engagement is canceled.