Harold Lloyd in "Bliss" (1917) - piano score by Ben Model

Harold Lloyd stars in "Bliss" (1917), a rare early "glasses" one-reeler, with a new score by Ben Model. From the DVD release "American Slapstick 2" from All Day Entertainment (uploaded with permission). Order the DVD set from www.alldayentertainment.com
BLISS
released Oct 14, 1917 by Rolin Films
directed by Alf Goulding
starring Harold Lloyd
with Bebe Daniels, Snub Pollard, William Gillespie, Sammy Brooks, Gus Leonard
1 reel
(note: sheet music "I'm Sorry I Made You Cry" is quoted in the music score heard here, when it is sung onscreen.)

[@almeggs3247]

Thanks for the attempt at a restoration of this heirloom in history! I’m impressed by your piano expertise ! Thanks!

[@jeffreyfridkis3298]

Highly recommend this vintage short subject with Harold Lloyd from 1917. Lots of laughs and fun to boot!

[@haroldsgirl5043]

Thank you for posting this gem, Ben. You did an amazing job at the piano!

[@jackmorrison7379]

This film was considered Lost until discovered in the 1970's in the Yukon of Canada under an old ice rink during renovation. A cache of more than a hundred silent films had been buried in the permafrost which preserved them for decades as nitrate film was prone to dissolve. I think this was the only Lloyd film in the discovery. The damage on the film is from deterioration during burial. Good thing Bebe ended up with Harold (at least on screen). Those first 3 suitors looked as if they'd be happier exchanging one another's phone numbers. Nice score Mr. Model.

[@VicMartino]

This was a very enjoyable Harold Lloyd silent comedy with an excellent score by the silent film accompanist "extrodanare" Ben Model himself who makes watching the film all the more enjoyable.

[@yves-noel-mariegonnet1043]

Bonjour monsieur Ben Model. Félicitation pour votre prestation musicale. Il me semble (mais je ne suis pas sûr à 100 pour 100) que j'ai déjà vu sur You Tube une version de ce film en bien meilleur état... Je regarde régulièrement ces films muets: il s’agit d'un humour et d'un comique jamais égalé. Un rythme sans pareil: une trouvaille par minute, beaucoup de création. Merci pour tout!

[@hansemist]

Loved to hear it with a Sound-on-Screen-process!

[@randyhutchinson9910]

absolutely hysterical,!!!! humanity on parade

[@MerleOberon]

Bebe was a looker, I remember her from 42nd. Street.

[@neilmidkiff]

It's interesting that "Jeeves" was already used as a generic butler name this early. P. G. Wodehouse had created the character of Jeeves in his short stories, starting in September 1915, with four more in 1916 and one in March 1917 in the Saturday Evening Post in the USA (slightly different dates in the Strand magazine in the UK).

[@silentfilmmusic]

Thanks for pointing this out!

[@theresaholguin699]

Awesome Harold love him

[@lunatim]

thanks

[@zeekfromthecreek]

Nice little flick. I hope there's a better print lying around somewhere. Either that or a good digital restoration.

[@carlgrimes334]

Unfortunately, this is the only existing copy, found among the Dawson City buried nitrate reels. The restoration could be better but it wouldn't do much. The damage is to the stock itself. It's part of the film forever.

[@ferociousgumby]

Why such a crystalline picture, with half the screen blotched up with damage? There are much clearer (but blurry) versions on KZbin without all the distracting flashes.

[@thomastimlin1724]

100 year old film. Today's technology. Too bad they couldn't find a way to clean this up digitally. Or have they but just not here? However the musical accompaniment is stellar.

[@silentfilmmusic]

This transfer was done about 10 years ago. Even with today's technology, nitrate decomp is not something that can be repaired. The answer is yes and no -- yes some cleanup and stabilization is currently possible, and the 'no' answer is because it is a costly process. Not everyone has the budget for this. When it happens, it's wonderful, though.

[@jmason2838]

@@silentfilmmusicHi there Sir🙂🌻✌️... just my humble opinion ...it might be a costly process to improve this precious treasure - but it would be SOOO worth it - you would recoup the expense eventually with subsequent showing of this Luminous Treasure of Silent Cinema👍👍👍👍👍📽️🎞️🎬🎥👀..🕵️.. Please ... Can someone find a way to do this ? - perhaps a fundraiser of some sort... Please ... Thank You...All His works are Too Precious to let fall into any disrepair... Forever...🙏 💪🤳🤴☝️💖🌻🌻🌻🌾🌾🌾🍀 ❤️🗿

[@ferociousgumby]

Are there ghosts in the room?

[@skaviva70]

How rheumatic!😂😂😂

[@cyrinecerise3687]

7:42 hhhhhhhhh ohhh it is so funy Harold 💕💞🤣😂😘

[@aapinor]

👋👋👋👋👋👋

[@izukukay7297]

Las pelis son muy buenas pero estarían mejor en español

[@almeggs3247]

I read that Harold wanted to marry Bebe but she didn’t want to preferred her career! I personally thought that Jobyna was his perfect match but Mildred turned out to be a true Catholic too! The first and last marriage to last their whole lives together in Hollywood!

[@jackmorrison7379]

This is false information. This poster puts this on all of Harold's movies. Harold was a prominent Shriner official, a Masonic order. As such he was a prominent supporter of children's hospitals He married his bride of 40 years in St. John's Episcopal church, later cathedral. No biography I have read has ever suggested either of them converted to Roman Catholicism. But some people need to play sectarian politics and invent things.

[@nanda5172]

@@jackmorrison7379 noiva de 40 anos ??

[@jackmorrison7379]

@@nanda5172 No in traditional English, not You Tube kid English, the phrase "his bride of 40 years" means they were married for 40 years. His bride was in her 20's when they married.

[@nanda5172]

Sim entendi...