Max Wants a Divorce

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| director = Max Linder

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| writer = Max Linder

| starring = See below

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| studio = Essanay Studios

| distributor = Essanay Studios

| released = {{Film date|1917|03|26}}

| runtime = 2 reels

| country = United States

| language = Silent
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Max Wants a Divorce is a 1917 American short film directed by Max Linder.

Plot

Max is forced to choose between losing his newly-wedded wife and a fortune. He hits upon a brilliant scheme: He will give his wife grounds for a divorce, secure the money, and then make his ex-wife Mrs. Linder again. He goes through any amount of trouble in helping her to get the necessary evidence, only to find that it is all a mistake on the part of a stupid lawyer - the money and the wife are both to be his. -- Edward Weitzel, Moving Picture World (April 7, 1917)

Cast

Premiere and preservation status

The film premiered at the Strand Theatre in New York City on 26 March 1917. A restored print was presented by Serge Bromberg of Lobster Films at the San Francisco Silent Film Festival on 1 June 2014.

See also