''The Suburbanite'' is a 1904 American short comedy
silent film
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directed by
Wallace McCutcheion and starring John Troiano. The film was produced and distributed by the
American Mutoscope & Biograph Company
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. Prints exist in the
Library of Congress
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film archive and in the
Museum of Modern Art
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It plays a major role in developing and collecting modern art, and is often identified as one of ...
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
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