Max Linder
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Gabriel-Maximilien Leuvielle, known professionally as Max Linder, was a French actor, director, screenwriter, producer, and comedian of the silent film era. His onscreen persona "Max" was one of the f
Linder in the February 1922 issue of Photoplay
Linder in March 1918
Linder in 1913
Linder c. 1917
Florence Lawrence
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Florence Lawrence was a Canadian-American actress and inventor. She is often referred to as the "first movie star", and was long thought to be the first film actor to be named publicly until evidence
Max Linder
…film career and includes Charles Pathé as himself. By the end of the year, Linder had become the most popular film actor in the world. Although actress Florence Lawrence is often referred to as "The First Movie Star" in the United States, Linder appears to be the very first worldwide movie star with a major following…
Lawrence in 1908
Portrait of Lawrence by Frank C. Bangs Studio, c. 1908
Florence Lawrence in Ingomar, the Barbarian (1908)
Florence Lawrence, Harry Solter and Mack Sennett in The Slave (1909)