Max Linder (born Gabriel-Maximilien Leuvielle on this day in 1883) is the cinema’s first comedy star. You never heard of him? Shame on you! Linder was a French music hall comedian who began starring in comedies in 1905, eight years before Charlie Chaplin, on whom he was a major influence. The top-hatted bon vivant Linder [...]
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 08:34AM on December 16, 2011