Max loves a charming girl to distraction, but her father declares that his daughter shall never marry anyone but a musician. Max tries his hand at all kinds of instruments, only to fail lamentably. Eventually, he bluffs the professor by using a mechanical instrument, only to have his clever trick discovered on the evening of his betrothal.

• Pathé Frères
• Max Linder
• Georges Gorby
• Charles Mosnier
• Jacques Vandenne
• Georges Coquet
• Lucy d'Orbel
• Gabrielle Lange