Seven Years Bad Luck (1921) Film Screening

After breaking a mirror superstitious Max tries to avoid situations that could bring bad luck but in doing so encounters the worst luck imaginable to hilarious effect.

This rare and relatively late Max Linder film, features a broken mirror sketch, later much mimicked by, among others, the Marx Brothers, Spike Milligan and even Aardman’s Morph.

Also, from Lobster Films, the newly discovered and restored Amour Et Fromage (Dir: Max Linder US 1910 6mins) - a delightful story of love and cheese. This double bill will be introduced by actor Ian Lavender and accompanied live by Daan van den Hurk (piano).