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OPEN CLASSIC CINEMA · 1456

Bliss

191711 minUnited States

Synopsis

A modest young man falls for a wealthy woman whose father insists on a noble husband. A visiting card left inside rented evening clothes persuades the family that their unwelcome caller may be a count.

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Video edition: Wikimedia Commons
Original language: No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified.
This copy runs: 11:08
Subtitles: No subtitle track in this language

No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. No subtitle track in this language.

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Wikimedia Commons · Hal Roach · Public domain

Cast

Harold Lloyd

DirectorsAlfred J. Goulding

Reception and legacy

The short was considered lost until a copy emerged from the Dawson Film Find. Its recovery preserved an early Lloyd comedy in which borrowed clothes help create a borrowed identity.

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Work catalogued as public domain in the United States.

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Availability checked on September 16, 2026.

Photograph credit

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Harold Lloyd — Daniel Blum · Public domain

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