Be My Wife (1921) :
Brief Review -
A Max Linder Iconic Comedy. A complete course of Structural Engineering of Comedy situations. This one is not just another regular good comedy flick but an Iconic figure of comedic situations very very smartly engineered. Be My Wife is about Max who is determined to woo Mary, despite her Aunt Agatha's disapproval. His struggle to win her praise, the rival side's attempts to down him and then series of misunderstood events follows. Be My Wife delivered many iconic comedy scenes for the first time. I remember seeing many Bollywood and regional Marathi film stars copying the same style, physical activities and expressions what Max Linder gave in this film in many 80s and 90s movies. That means it took them 7-8 decades to copy this and still they found enough Praise for it despite being so late. Just imagine how iconic and timeless it was then. A big salute to Max Linder, an actor, a writer, a producer and a director for cracking the codes of comedy and nurturing it like his own sons. His writing talent seems like a gift. I mean from where he did he get those ideas of creating such situations which became evergreen in this genre and has been copied again and again for years. With Be My Wife he brings a lovable story and yet makes it so funny like any other storyless mad comedy. A complete hilarious tower where every floor is full of laughter and gags. Even when it is not funny, it is visually stunning. That house structure scene is just outstanding. What a terrific idea it was and how amazingly it is designed, it's all just simply fascinating. Linder and Allen makes a cute chemistry again and we all know how fond were they of each other. Linder as actor is brilliant, Linder as Writer is Great, Linder as Producer is uncompromised and Linder as a Director is sensational. Each and every thing is Linder and each and every thing is Fantastic.
RATING - 8/10*
By - #samthebestest.
