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After breaking a mirror in his home, superstitious Max tries to avoid situations which could bring bad luck-- but in doing so, causes himself the worst luck imaginable.After breaking a mirror in his home, superstitious Max tries to avoid situations which could bring bad luck-- but in doing so, causes himself the worst luck imaginable.After breaking a mirror in his home, superstitious Max tries to avoid situations which could bring bad luck-- but in doing so, causes himself the worst luck imaginable.
Betty K. Peterson
- Mary - Max's Maid
- (as Betty Peterson)
Hugh Saxon
- The Station Master
- (as High Saxon)
C.E. Anderson
- A Jail Bird
- (as Cap Anderson)
Pudgy the Dog
- Frizotto - Betty's Dog
- (uncredited)
Lola Gonzales
- Betty's Hawaiian Maid
- (uncredited)
Harry Mann
- Max's Chef in Mirror Gag
- (uncredited)
Joe Martin
- The Chimpanzee
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writer
- All cast & crew
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- TriviaThe broken-mirror routine is a precursor to the one in Duck Soup (1933) starring The Marx Brothers. A double was used, and the scene took hours and hours to rehearse.
- GoofsReturning home from Betty's house, Max starts to switch hats with his driver twice between shots.
- Quotes
Betty - Hi's Fiancée: You've turned Mother's house into a dance hall. I'm returning your ring!
- Alternate versionsIn 2003, Film Preservation Associates, Inc. copyrighted a 62-minute version of this film with music compiled and directed by Robert Israel.
- ConnectionsEdited into En compagnie de Max Linder (1963)
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The Paradigm Of The Elegance In Comedy Films
It is very complicated for this German Count to talk about Herr Max Linder because it is well-know among the silent film fans and even the longhaired ones, that he was the first and the greatest comedian, the paradigm of the elegance in comedy films, a world famous star in the 10's. He had great influence with his unique style on the other comic stars that developed their careers after him including Herr Charles Chaplin. He created a genuine character, a young French idle class bourgeois boulevardier with top hat and suit ( not to be mistaken with the older German elegant and dissipated aristocracy
), that always rather politely succeeds in the most incredible adventures
although after many efforts. This German Count thinks that it is always necessary to remember who is who in the silent film history and if this little communication is useful for some dangerous longhaired youngster in discovering these films, that's a greatest reward for this German aristocrat.
In "Seven Years Bad Luck", Max accidentally breaks his full-length mirror. As superstitious people in France, he thinks that this means seven years' bad luck; many troubles happens at that very moment, loses his fiancée Betty and even winds up in jail, but fortunately at the end, everything will be all right for Max. The film had astounding, funny and remarkable gags as, one of Max's most famous, scene in which Max mimics himself in a mirror that doesn't exists or his tricks to get onto a train without being discovered by the station master. "Seven Years Bad Luck" it is a feature film that belongs to his American period ( he went to USA in 1916 engaged by "Essanay" ) and it is an excellent example of his impeccable style: elegant sense of humour, elaborated and imaginative gags that appeals to the intelligence and complicity of the audience, a delightful and unforgettable comedy.
And now, if you'll allow me, I must temporarily take my leave because this German Count must to change his top hat for a Teutonic helmet in order to be not mixed up with that French bourgeois impostor.
Herr Graf Ferdinand Von Galitzien http://ferdinandvongalitzien.blogspot.com/
In "Seven Years Bad Luck", Max accidentally breaks his full-length mirror. As superstitious people in France, he thinks that this means seven years' bad luck; many troubles happens at that very moment, loses his fiancée Betty and even winds up in jail, but fortunately at the end, everything will be all right for Max. The film had astounding, funny and remarkable gags as, one of Max's most famous, scene in which Max mimics himself in a mirror that doesn't exists or his tricks to get onto a train without being discovered by the station master. "Seven Years Bad Luck" it is a feature film that belongs to his American period ( he went to USA in 1916 engaged by "Essanay" ) and it is an excellent example of his impeccable style: elegant sense of humour, elaborated and imaginative gags that appeals to the intelligence and complicity of the audience, a delightful and unforgettable comedy.
And now, if you'll allow me, I must temporarily take my leave because this German Count must to change his top hat for a Teutonic helmet in order to be not mixed up with that French bourgeois impostor.
Herr Graf Ferdinand Von Galitzien http://ferdinandvongalitzien.blogspot.com/
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- Also known as
- Pop Goes the Cork
- Filming locations
- The Albert Llewellyn Cheney House, 15 Berkeley Square, Los Angeles, California, USA(demolished for the Santa Monica Freeway)
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- Runtime1 hour 2 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1
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