''The Suburbanite'' is a 1904 American short comedy

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directed by Wallace McCutcheion and starring John Troiano. The film was produced and distributed by the

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. Prints exist in the

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film archive and in the

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film archive.

Plot

The film is about a family who move to the suburbs, hoping for a quiet life. Things start to go wrong, and the wife gets violent and starts throwing crockery, leading to her arrest.

Cast

*John Troiano

Reception

Pamela Robertson Wojcik considers the film to be a landmark film for actors, noting that the "comic characters had assumed a more central position in the mise-en-scene", and as a result, the actor's skills were "increasingly called upon to create a rudimentary character".

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* 1904 films American silent short films 1904 comedy films Silent American comedy films Articles containing video clips American black-and-white films 1904 short films American comedy short films Films directed by Wallace McCutcheon Sr. 1900s American films {{short-silent-comedy-film-stub