Contents: Troubles of a Grasswidower (1912), Love’s Surprises (1913), Max Takes a Picture (1913), Max Sets the Style (1914), Seven Years’ Bad Luck (1921), and exerpts from Be My Wife (1921).

Laugh with Max Linder (1912-1921), color-toned black & white, 117 minutes total, not rated.

Image Entertainment, ID0508DSDVD, UPC 0-14381-05082-0.
Full-frame 4:3 NTSC, one single-sided, dual-layered DVD disc, Region 0, ? Mbps average video bit rate, ? kbps audio bit rate, Dolby Digital 5.0 surround sound, English language intertitles, no foreign language subtitles, 11 chapter stops, keep case, $24.99.
DVD release date: 23 September 2003.
Country of origin: USA

Video producer David Shepard has released this DVD collection of Max Linder comedies including a complete presentation of Seven Years’ Bad Luck (1921), the French shorts Troubles of a Grasswidower (1912), Love’s Surprises (1913), Max Takes a Picture (1913) and Max Sets the Style (1914), and exerpts from Be My Wife (1921).

The disc features small-orchestra musical accompaniment compiled and conducted by Robert Israel, and performed on period instruments in surround sound.

USA: Click the logomark at right to purchase a Region 0 NTSC DVD of this edition from Amazon.com.
Canada: Click the logomark at right to purchase a Region 0 NTSC DVD of this edition from Amazon.ca.

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Early Silent Classics of Laurel and Hardy, Volume 2 (1917-1926)
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