Max Takes Tonics
1911 French film
- 1911 (1911)
Max Takes Tonics (French: Max victime du quinquina) is a 1911 French film directed by Max Linder.
The film is also known as Max and His Prescription (United Kingdom) and Victime du quinquina (French alternative title).
Plot
Max visits a doctor who prescribes a tonic (Bordeaux of Cinchona) for him to drink every morning. Upon returning home, Max sees a large glass which was left by his wife and labeled "Souvenir de Bordeaux". He consumes it in its entirety after assuming that it was his medicine. Immediately Max feels much better. Hilarity ensues as Max goes about the day in a completely drunken state.
Cast
- Max Linder as Max
- Georges Coquet
- Lucy d'Orbel
- Maurice Delamare
- Georges Gorby
- Gabrielle Lange
- Paulette Lorsy
- Jacques Vandenne
Soundtrack
External links
- Max Takes Tonics at IMDb
- Max Takes Tonics is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive
- French films of 1911
- Max Takes Tonics (1911) on YouTube
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Films directed by Max Linder
- Max and His Mother-in-Law (1911)
- Max Takes Tonics (1911)
- Une nuit agitée (1912)
- Max Wants a Divorce (1917)
- Seven Years Bad Luck (1921)
- Be My Wife (1921)
- The Three Must-Get-Theres (1922)
- Au Secours! (Abel Gance, 1924)
- The Man in the Silk Hat (1983 documentary on Linder)
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