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Seven Years Bad Luck
''Seven Years Bad Luck'' is a 1921 American comedy film written and directed by, and starring Max Linder. A man about to be married becomes fearful of bad luck when he breaks a mirror. Plot Max Linder returns home drunk after his bachelor party. The next morning, he is awakened by a loud noise. His valet John, while chasing his pretty maid, has broken his mirror. John claims Mary, the maid, dropped a napkin. By the time Max drags himself out of bed, Mary has cleared away the broken glass and John has gotten Max's chef to dress just like their employer. Then, when Max looks into the non-existent glass, the chef mimics his every action. Max finally realizes he is being tricked, but while he is in the other room, John sneaks in a repairman to fix the mirror. Thus when Max flings something at what he thinks is an imposter, he breaks the mirror himself, much to his surprise. Now he fears he has brought seven years bad luck on himself (a well-known superstition). He goes to see Bet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Max Linder
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Ralph McCullough
Ralph McCullough (1895–1943) was an American film actor of the silent era who occasionally played male leads as well as more numerous supporting roles. Later in his career he mostly appeared in smaller, often uncredited, roles in the sound era.Katchmer p.244 Selected filmography * '' A Man from Nowhere'' (1920) * ''Homer Comes Home'' (1920) * '' One Hour Before Dawn'' (1920) * ''Across the Divide'' (1921) * ''The Man Trackers'' (1921) * ''Seven Years Bad Luck'' (1921) * '' The Swamp'' (1921) * '' Top o' the Morning'' (1922) * '' Don't Get Personal'' (1922) * ''The Veiled Woman'' (1922) * '' Smudge'' (1922) * ''The Angel of Crooked Street'' (1922) * '' His Mystery Girl'' (1923) * ''The Steel Trail'' (1923) * ''The Red Warning'' (1923) * ''Wanted by the Law'' (1924) * ''What Shall I Do?'' (1924) * ''High and Handsome'' (1925) * '' The Bloodhound'' (1925) * ''Galloping Vengeance'' (1925) * ''Speed Wild'' (1925) * ''Passionate Youth'' (1925) * ''The Stolen Ranch'' (1926) * ''With D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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American Black-and-white Films
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Articles Containing Video Clips
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Films Directed By Max Linder
A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere through the use of moving images. These images are generally accompanied by sound and, more rarely, other sensory stimulations. The word "cinema", short for cinematography, is often used to refer to filmmaking and the film industry, and to the art form that is the result of it. Recording and transmission of film The moving images of a film are created by photographing actual scenes with a motion-picture camera, by photographing drawings or miniature models using traditional animation techniques, by means of CGI and computer animation, or by a combination of some or all of these techniques, and other visual effects. Before the introduction of digital production, series of still images were recorded on a strip of chemically sensitiz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Silent Feature Films
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Silent American Comedy Films
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1921 Comedy Films
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Alta Allen
Alta Allen (born Alta Crowin) (September 6, 1904 – July 24, 1998) was an American actress. Early years Allen was born as Alta Crowin in Oakland, California in 1904 to a Scottish mother, Jessie (née Robertson), and W. J. Crowin, who hailed from the West Coast. She made her first professional performance at an Oakland theater in a production of Louisa May Alcott's ''Little Women''. Allen's role in this production was as Beth March. She was ten years old at the time. Allen was "one of the most popular of Oakland's younger social set." Career Allen's early professional experience included acting in stock theater in Oakland and directing and performing in the Fairmont's ''Rainbow Lane'' revue. In 1920, William Fox, the founder of the Fox Film Corporation, observed Allen as she performed the leading role at a musical revue within the Fairmont Hotel.''American Silent Horror, Science Fiction and Fantasy Feature Films, 1913-1929'' p. 381 Subsequently, she signed a contract ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Van Enger
Charles Van Enger (29August 18904July 1980) was an American cinematographer. In the 1920s Van Enger worked on all the silent films the German director Ernst Lubitsch made for Warner Bros.Thompson p.28 During the 1930s he worked in the British film industry. His later work was largely on supporting features for Universal Pictures and various independents. Partial filmography * ''The Great Redeemer'' (1920) * ''The Last of the Mohicans'' (1920) * '' Salomé'' (1923) * ''Broadway After Dark'' (1924) * ''The Phantom of the Opera'' (1925) * '' Kiss Me Again'' (1925) * '' Hogan's Alley'' (1925) * ''Lady Windermere's Fan'' (1925) * '' Why Girls Go Back Home'' (1926) * ''Paradise'' (1926) * ''Puppets'' (1926) * '' Easy Pickings'' (1927) * ''The Sea Tiger'' (1927) * ''The Life of Riley'' (1927) * ''The Port of Missing Girls'' (1928) * '' The Head of the Family'' (1928) * '' One Mad Kiss'' (1930) * '' Meet the Wife'' (1931) * '' Forgotten Women'' (1931) * ''Help Yourself'' (1932) * '' M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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''Seven Years Bad Luck'' is a 1921 American comedy film written and directed by, and starring Max Linder. A man about to be married becomes fearful of bad luck when he breaks a mirror. Plot Max Linder returns home drunk after his bachelor party. The next morning, he is awakened by a loud noise. His valet John, while chasing his pretty maid, has broken his mirror. John claims Mary, the maid, dropped a napkin. By the time Max drags himself out of bed, Mary has cleared away the broken glass and John has gotten Max's chef to dress just like their employer. Then, when Max looks into the non-existent glass, the chef mimics his every action. Max finally realizes he is being tricked, but while he is in the other room, John sneaks in a repairman to fix the mirror. Thus when Max flings something at what he thinks is an imposter, he breaks the mirror himself, much to his surprise. Now he fears he has brought seven years bad luck on himself (a well-known superstition). He goes to see Bett ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
