Browse 999 movies from Pathé Frères
Both father and son want to meet their respective romantic appointments, without the other one knowing. The film is currently considered lost.
Aug 1905
Dec 1914
Sep 1914
Max is late for his own wedding, and, worse yet, has no shoes.
Mar 1914
Historical legend composed of five Scenes. 1. William Tell's heroism. 2. The Plot. 3. The Apple. 4. Death of Gessler. 5. The Swiss cheer their Liberator. This popular and interesting legend takes place amidst the country life of the mountain populations. The beautiful and picturesque sites which exist in Switzerland have given us an opportunity of utilising the resources our theatre affords, and our scene-painters have been able to have a free run on their imaginations, and have completed the work by a series of magnificent scenes in the most artistic character.
Oct 1903
Shot in 1908, the film shows a half-fictionalized hunting expedition in Uganda.
Nov 1910
A banker's daughter, wearied with the dull routine of her life, becomes an artist's model under an assumed name. Her artist employer falls a victim to her beauty and loves her and she accepts his advances. Finding her faithless, and learning her identity by chance, he reveals all to her father, who drives her from his house. She derives a scanty living from singing in the streets and cheap cafés. She is accidentally found unconscious from weakness, by the artist, who rescues her from her misery.
Nov 1913
May 1913
Max is a millionaire who is forced to lead a double-life as a waiter, the result of having lost a wager.
Jan 1919
During a strike, several workers are killed in a confrontation. The wife of one of them kills the factory owner. At her trial, the owner's son asks for mercy, knowing that his father was wrong. Because of that the wife is freed.
Sep 1904
Max, a young man about town, splits his trousers while getting ready to go out one night. After applying some rather risky repairs without taking the trousers off, he gingerly heads off to a dinner party. Of course, disaster strikes almost as soon as he arrives, and he spends the rest of the film frantically attempting to hide the gaping tear in his trousers from the other guests.
Feb 1908
A dramatic short.
Jan 1907
A man kills a wealthy miser - frugal fellow, I like to think - and buries his corpse under a haystack. The murderer is haunted by the ghost of his victim....or is it his own conscience?
Sep 1905
Commonly confused with Max ne se mariera pas
Dec 1912
The young hero, Frederick, is leaving his country home and going to the city to attend the bull fight, and while there he meets and woos a beautiful maiden, forgetting his own little sweetheart at home.
Oct 1908
Max and Mick, two brothers, have prepared for a merry spree and are actually stepping into their cab when it occurs to them they are penniless. Lots are drawn to see who shall beard stern father and make the necessary touch. The choice falls on Max who is far from successful in his mission, and he communicates the bad news to his brother Mick, who after thinking announces that he has an idea.
May 1910
Coming to visit a girl, Max presents himself as a pedicurist.
Apr 1914
Rigadin's girlfriend is a Bonapartist and wishes Rigadin was more Napoleonic. He dreams that he is Napoleon, inspecting and decorating his troops, before leading them in the Battle of the Pyramids.
Aug 1913
Max and his young bride attempt to enjoy an Alpine honeymoon, despite the presence of her mother.
Apr 1911
This Max Linder short opens with him and his girl blissfully rowing in a canoe before skipping ahead two years later.
Nov 1909