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Blissville, the Beautiful
(1909) United States of America
B&W : One reel / 830 feet
Directed by (unknown)
Cast: George Reehm [the husband], Eleanor Caines [the wife], Harry Myers [the real estate agent]
Lubin Manufacturing Company production; distributed by Lubin Manufacturing Company. / Produced by Siegmund Lubin. / Released 23 December 1909. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.
Comedy.
Synopsis: [?] [From The Moving Picture World]? The Booths, a young married couple, envy a friend who recently moved to the country. They learn that she located the new home in the new in the newspapers and Mrs. Booth urges her husband to get all of the Sunday newspapers that they may find a home of their own where healthful breezes blow and city nuisances do not exist. Blissville, the Beautiful, seems the most attractive name and they decide to investigate. The city agency of the new suburb is visited, but they want to see the place itself and insist upon going down. Accompanied by a man from the agent’s they arrive at Blissville, a tiny flag station, and their hopes are rudely dashed, but they are still under the thrall of the persuasive talker and they permit him to take them over the land. They fall into mud holes and tiny lakes, they suffer all sorts of mishaps, not the least of which is getting caught in a heavy shower. When the skies clear they find that they have a long wait for a train and in their hurry to get back to town they borrow a handcar and escape from the still eager agent.
Reviews: [The Moving Picture World, 8 January 1910, page 17] An experience with the enthusiastic agent of a suburban property, which, while it may be exaggerated, will appeal to a good many persons who have been duped as close to the real thing. The little comedy is laughable, and the escape of the young couple on a handcar, leaving the voluble agent still talking, is a lively ending for an amusing and somewhat sarcastic picture. • [The Film Index, 15 January 1910, page 22] For pure comedy built on logical lines, there has been nothing produced in a long time that is funnier than Lubin’s release of Dec. 23, “Blissville the Beautiful.” It is reminiscent of actual experience in “falling for” the glittering representations of the suburban real estate agent and is a succession of laughs from start to finish.
Survival status: (unknown)
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 23 January 2025.
References: MovPicWorld-19100108 p. 17 : Website-AFI; Website-IMDb.
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