Bliss (1917 film)

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Bliss
Directed by Alfred J. Goulding
Produced by Hal Roach
Starring Harold Lloyd
Cinematography Walter Lundin
Edited byDella Mullady
Music byBorodin and Bach
Release date
  • October 14, 1917 (1917-10-14)
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent with English intertitles

Bliss is a 1917 American short comedy film featuring Harold Lloyd. [1] The film was thought lost until a copy was discovered in the Dawson Film Find in 1978. [2]

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Plot

Harold and Bebe meet each other by chance while out walking. Equally smitten, they exchange calling cards. Harold is a man of modest means while the well-to-do Bebe is "the most eligible girl in town." Bebe is besieged by wealthy suitors but none of them measure up to her father's standards; he insists his future son-in-law be of noble blood. Harold rents evening clothes from his laundry man before heading off to Bebe's house to woo her. When he arrives, Bebe's father assumes Harold is another unsuitable beau and attempts to violently eject him from the house. Bebe intervenes. Harold happens to find a calling card in his suit pocket bearing the name "Count Rusva" on it, which convinces Bebe's father that Harold is prime husband material for his daughter. Wanting his daughter to marry Harold quickly, Bebe's father tricks the two of them into thinking each wants to elope. They quickly head to the nearest pastor and are wed.

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References

  1. ↑ "Progressive Silent Film List: Bliss". Silent Era. Retrieved April 22, 2009.
  2. ↑ "Dawson film find yields more secrets". Yukon News. May 16, 2014. Retrieved June 4, 2016.


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