The Romance Of Max
''The Romance of Max'' (french: Le Roman de Max) is a 1912 French short silent romantic comedy fantasy film directed by and starring Max Linder for Pathé Frères. The 6 minute, 8 second film was released on December 20, 1912. The plot may have been inspired by Emile Cohl's ''Matrimonial Shoes'', (french: Les chaussures matrimoniales) from 1909, a shorter film with a similar storyline and animation. Plot Vacationing at the seashore, Max reserves a room at the same time as a pretty woman (Lucy d'Orbel Lucy is an English feminine given name derived from the Latin masculine given name Lucius with the meaning ''as of light'' (''born at dawn or daylight'', maybe also ''shiny'', or ''of light complexion''). Alternative spellings are Luci, Luce, Luci ...). The shoes are left in the corridor for polishing, and perform an animated dance of courtship while their owners are asleep. The next morning Max seeks inspiration among the rocks as the woman sits on a bench. Their shoes escape and ru ...
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