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Gabriel - Maximilien Leuvielle ( 16 ___MASK65___ 188331 October 1925 ), better known by the stage name Max Linder , was a French actor , director , screenwriter , producer and comedian of the ___MASK96___ era . His onscreen persona " Max " was one of the first recognizable recurring characters in film . He has also been cited as the " first international movie star ." Louis Joseph Gasnier ( ___MASK74___ 15 , 1875  February 15 , 1963 ) was a French - born American ___MASK21___ ___MASK33___ , producer , screenwriter and actor . A ___MASK60___ pioneer , Gasnier shepherded the early career of ___MASK48___ Max Linder , co - directed the enormously successful ___MASK21___ serial " The Perils of Pauline " ( 1914 ) and capped his output with the notorious exploitation ___MASK21___ " Reefer Madness " ( 1936 ). Leopold Wharton ( ___MASK74___ ___MASK98___ , 1870  ___MASK74___ 27 , 1927 ) was an American film director , producer and writer . He directed 37 films between 1911 and 1922 , including the 1915 film " The New Adventures of J . Rufus Wallingford ", which featured Oliver Hardy . Theodore Wharton ( 1875  1931 ) was an American ___MASK21___ ___MASK33___ , producer and writer . He directed 48 films in the 1910s and 1920s , including the 1915 " The New Adventures of J . Rufus Wallingford ", which featured Oliver Hardy . Oliver Norvell " Babe " Hardy ( born Norvell Hardy ; ___MASK59___ 18 , 1892  August 7 , 1957 ) was an American ___MASK89___ actor famous as one - half of Laurel and Hardy , the classic double act that began in the ___MASK40___ of silent films and lasted 25 years , from 1927 to 1951 . He appeared with his comedy partner Stan Laurel in 107 short films , feature films , and cameo roles . He was credited with his first film , " Outwitting Dad ", in 1914 . In some of his early works , he was billed as " Babe Hardy ", using his nickname . Reefer Madness ( originally made as ___MASK77___ Your Children and sometimes titled as The Burning Question , Dope Addict , Doped Youth , and Love Madness ) is a 1936  1939 American drama film revolving around the melodramatic events that ensue when high school students are lured by pushers to try marijuana  from a hit and run accident , to manslaughter , suicide , attempted rape , hallucinations , and descent into madness due to marijuana addiction . The film was directed by Louis Gasnier and featured a cast of mainly little known actors . The New Adventures of J . Rufus Wallingford is a 1915 American ___MASK96___ serial featuring Oliver Hardy . The New Exploits of Elaine is a 1915 American action ___MASK21___ serial directed by Louis J . Gasnier , Leopold Wharton and Theodore Wharton . It is presumed to be lost .