Bliss
About Bliss
Harold and Bebe meet on a walk and trade cards. Her father will only accept a son-in-law of noble blood. Harold rents evening clothes from his laundry man. The father tries to throw him out. Bebe stops it. A card in the suit pocket reads Count Rusva, and the father decides Harold will do. He tricks each of them into thinking the other wants to elope. They go to a pastor and marry.
Cast & crew
More about Bliss
A Harold Lloyd short. Bebe Daniels plays the girl. Snub Pollard plays Snub. Wikipedia gives no director in the summary used here. A circulating copy runs 11 minutes and 9 seconds. It was thought lost until a print turned up in the Dawson Film Find in 1978.
Themes
Preservation
Thought lost until a print was found in the Dawson Film Find in 1978.
Notes
- The title Count Rusva is on a card left in a rented suit.
- The father, not Harold, pushes the elopement.
- Gus Leonard and Belle Mitchell are billed.
- The Dawson find is 1978.
Scenes
- The Count Rusva card falls out of the rented suit.
- The father sends them to a pastor, each thinking the other insisted.
