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Les débuts d’un patineur
Also known as Max patineur and Max veut apprendre à patineur in France; Versuch eines Schlittschuhläufers in Austria; Erster Versuch eines Schlittschuhläufers in Germany; The Unskillful Skater in the United Kingdom; Max Learns to Skate in the USA : [Max Wants to Skate], [Max Goes Skating], [The Skater’s Debut], [A Skater’s Debut]
(1907) France
B&W : Short film
Directed by Louis J. Gasnier

Cast: Max Linder [Max]

Compagnie Genérale des Établissements Pathé Frères Phonographes & Cinématographes production; distributed by Compagnie Genérale des Établissements Pathé Frères Phonographes & Cinématographes. / Produced by Ferdinand Zecca. Scenario by Louis J. Gasnier. / Released 10 May 1907. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The film was released in Austria as Versuch eines Schlittschuhläufers on 15 June 1907.

Comedy.

Survival status: Print exists.

Current rights holder: (unknown)

Keywords: Ice - Ice skates - Ice skating

Listing updated: 14 October 2023.

References: Bardèche-History p. 80; Kerr-Silent p. 53 : Website-IMDb.

Home video: DVD.