''Max Takes Tonics'' (French: ''Max victime du quinquina'') is a 1911 French film directed by
Max Linder
Gabriel-Maximilien Leuvielle (16 December 18831 November 1925), known professionally as Max Linder (), was a French actor, director, screenwriter, producer, and comedian of the silent film era. His onscreen persona "Max" was one of the first r ...
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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
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Max Linder
Gabriel-Maximilien Leuvielle (16 December 18831 November 1925), known professionally as Max Linder (), was a French actor, director, screenwriter, producer, and comedian of the silent film era. His onscreen persona "Max" was one of the first r ...
as Max
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Georges Coquet
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Lucy d'Orbel
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Maurice Delamare
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Georges Gorby
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Gabrielle Lange
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Paulette Lorsy
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Jacques Vandenne
Soundtrack
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1911 films
1910s French-language films
French black-and-white films
1911 comedy films
Films directed by Max Linder
1911 short films
Silent French comedy short films
French-language comedy films
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