Seven Years Bad Luck (1921)

Seven Years Bad Luck poster

Max Linder Productions
Starring:
 Max Linder, Ralph McCullough, Alta Allen
Directed by: Max Linder

Synopsis: Max Linder plans to get married but when he accidentally breaks a mirror he worries about having seven years of bad luck.  He then attempts to avoid trouble only to find things getting worse and worse.

Kitty Cameo: Near the beginning of the film Max is sleeping off a bender the night before.  As he is lying in bed some flies are crawling on his face.  A black cat emerges from under the blankets and sees the flies.

Seven Years Bad Luck - black cat emerges from beneath blankets

Seven Years Bad Luck - black cat spots flies

The cat creeps towards Max’s face to investigate.

Seven Years Bad Luck - black cat crawls towards Max Linder

The cat starts licking Max’s lips.  As Max slowly wakes up he realizes what the cat is doing and smirks in disgust.

Seven Years Bad Luck - black cat licks Max Linder's face animated gif

After this Max wrestles playfully with the cat before his hangover makes him stop.

Seven Years Bad Luck - Max Linder playfully wrestles with black cat

The cat can be seen in the background in Max’s bedroom during some of the next scene but is not seen again afterwards.  It’s cute how they worked the adorable Frizotto (played by Pudgy the Dog) into the final scene but we wish the cat could have also been included!

Seven Years Bad Luck - black cat on bed behind Max Linder

Final Mewsings: Hangover or not, a cat will get in your face in the morning!


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