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Glass slide advertising a showing of the 1917 Essanay film Max Wants a Divorce.

A contemporary photograph of the Essanay Studios building in Chicago.

Photoplay cue music for silent films, "Reception Music," from Sam Fox Moving Picture Music Vol. 3 by J.S. Zamecnik

Photoplay cue music for silent films, "Detective Scene," from Sam Fox Moving Picture Music Vol. 3 by J.S. Zamecnik

Photoplay cue for "Mexican or Spanish" silent movie music, from the compilation Sam Fox Moving Picture Music, Vol. 1

Photoplay music for "Oriental" scenes by J.S. Zamecnik (Sam Fox Moving Picture Music Vol. 1, 1913).

Photoplay cue for silent movie music, from the compilation Sam Fox Moving Picture Music, Vol. 1

A scene in "Max Wants a Divorce" featuring Don Meyer's arrangement of J.S. Zamecnik's "Reception Music"

A scene in "Max Wants a Divorce" featuring Don Meyer's arrangement of J.S. Zamecnik's "Detective Scene (In Search of a Clue)"

A scene in "Max Wants a Divorce" featuring Don Meyer's arrangement of J.S. Zamecnik's "Mexican or Spanish Music"

A scene in "Max Wants a Divorce" featuring Don Meyer's arrangement of J.S. Zamecnik's "Oriental Music"

A scene in "Max Wants a Divorce" featuring Don Meyer's arrangement of J.S. Zamecnik's "Moving Picture Medley: Lively"

A scene in "Max Wants a Divorce" featuring Don Meyer's arrangement of J.S. Zamecnik's "Hurry (for Struggles)"

A scene in "Max Wants a Divorce" featuring Don Meyer's arrangement of J.S. Zamecnik's "Comedy Scene"

Photoplay cue for silent movie comedy music, from the compilation Sam Fox Moving Picture Music, Vol. 3

Photoplay cue for silent movie music, from the compilation Sam Fox Moving Picture Music, Vol. 3

A scene in "Max Wants a Divorce" featuring Don Meyer's arrangement of Tchaikovsky's "Waltz of the Flowers"

1916 Max Linder film with live accompaniment by the Lake Forest Moving Picture Orchestra, recorded February 2016. Features original music from the Silent era by composers such as J.S. Zamecnik, arranged by Don Meyer.

Don Meyer and the Lake Forest Moving Picture Orchestra present Max Wants a Divorce at Lake Forest College on February 6, 2017.

Sheet music for "Original Hesitation Waltz" by McNair Ilgenfritz, theory by Alice Martin.

Photoplay cue music for "Intermezzo-Trot" from A.B.C. Dramatic Set No.15: “Society reception or cabaret scene”

Photoplay cue music for "Dramatic Andante" from A.B.C. Dramatic Set No.15: “Society reception or cabaret scene”

A scene in "Max Wants a Divorce" featuring Don Meyer's arrangement of Ernst Luz's "Intermezzo—Trot"

A scene in "Max Wants a Divorce" featuring Don Meyer's arrangement of Ernst Luz's "Dramatic Andante (Pathetic or Romantic)"

A scene in "Max Wants a Divorce" featuring Don Meyer's arrangement of Scott Joplin's "Maple Leaf Rag"

A scene in "Max Wants a Divorce" featuring Don Meyer's arrangement of McNair Ilgenfritz's "Original Hesitation Waltz"

A scene in "Max Wants a Divorce" featuring Don Meyer's arrangement of Gounod's "Funeral March of a Marionette"

Sample title card from "Max Wants a Divorce," designed by Rachel Tenuta '17, reading: "Chicago Nov. 15, 1916. Dear Mister Linder, Your Uncle passed away and left you $3 million, under one condition, that you remain a bachelor. In that case, and only…

Max Linder and Martha Mansfield acting on set for the film Max Comes Across, Chicago, Illinois, 1917. Further study reveals it to be most likely from Max Wants a Divorce.