Max Linder Mirror Scene

Famous Mirror scene

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  Comedy

[activvig]

I found it it Toronto Music-Video shop on Dundas-Yonge St. It was like Unic.

[activvig]

Long time I was looking for this

[RoosterCogburn]

Well, now we know where the Marx Bros. got the idea for the mirror scene in Duck Soup.

[MoiDanseuseduMonde]

What a genius this man was, I'm in awe of him! He deserves to be more well known

[Petra Dariana]

Charlie Chaplin fake, Max Linder first.

[MoiDanseuseduMonde]

Yes he does! And sorry for my late reply to you! I may be wrong but I believe Chaplin was the first person to do the mirror thingy on film but that particular scene is soooo short. For me, Linder's scene still takes the cake out of all the mirror scenes ever made :-)

[RustyinRochester]

Actually, the "man in the mirror" opposite Max is Harry Mann. Mann was an actor/writer/director whose earliest work was that of a waiter in Lumiere Brothers movies.

[Bmayo27]

- I agree with you completely! Did you notice, to me, the guy (opposite Max) in the mirror, he reminds me of Chaplin?

[SladeBarker]

P.S. to previous post. I didn't mean to suggest that this film inspired ALL of "Duck Soup" -- just the famous mirror sequence.

[SladeBarker]

The scene that inspired director Leo McCarey & the Marx Brothers to make "Duck Soup," arguably the greatest comedy ever. However, I should perhaps rent the Netflix version, if the quality is truly better. As with many silent films adapted for sound, a once-insoluble problem was that they had to be slowed down or sped up. This clip plays too slowly, marring the comic timing. With digital, this problem has been solved. Can anyone tell me if the Netflix version runs at a better clip?

[Nico Amores]

awesome!!!!!!

thanks for sharing

[myboint]

Thank you for putting this online. I also was looking for this. Really appreciate it. Linder is just amazing. We Americans are a little unaware of Linder probably because he's french. If you know Chaplin, Marx, Buster Keaton then you know Linder. He inspired just about everyone.