La dama de Chez Maxim's (1923 film)

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La dama de Chez Maxim's (also known as La Dame de Chez Maxim's) is a 1923 Italian silent comedy film directed by Amleto Palermi. It stars Carmen Boni, Alfredo Martinelli and Pina Menichelli. The story comes from Georges Feydeau’s 1899 play La Dame de chez Maxim. This was Palermi’s first film adaptation of a Feydeau play, followed two years later by Occupe-toi d’Amélie (1925). The film is one of several melodrama and vaudeville adaptations Palermi made. Critics have noted Menichelli’s comedic performance. Charles Ford, in History of Modern Film (1966), called it Palermi’s best screen adaptation of a theatre play. It was the second silent screen adaptation of Feydeau’s play, and Jacques Lorcey commented that conveying Feydeau’s humor without dialogue was an amusing challenge.