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A Visit to Lively Town
(1912) United States of America
B&W : Split-reel
Directed by (unknown)
Cast: Bobby Burns, Walter Stull
Lubin Manufacturing Company production; distributed by The General Film Company, Incorporated. / Produced by Siegmund Lubin. / Released 24 July 1912; in a split-reel with The Talker (1912). / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.
Comedy.
Synopsis: [?] [From The Moving Picture World]? While Si Barbour and Seth Jones are at work on the farm Si, who has been chopping wood, suddenly becomes thirsty and goes to the pump to have a drink. On his way back he passes the mail box and thinks that he will look in to see if there is any mail for himself or the family. He finds a large booklet which he looks over and is quite surprised at the things he finds pictured in the book. He at once goes over to where Seth is at work, and tells him of the wonders that are hidden in the book, and shows him the pictures. These pictures, which are views of Lively Town, so enthuse the two that they decide on a visit to the place. They leave the farm in charge of the hired man, and get on their best clothes and start. We next see them arriving at the station where things are in such a bustle, and confusion, that they are quite bewildered. They stroll around the town taking in the sights and amusements, until they are standing looking at a rough and tumble scrap. A policeman appears on the scene at which time the participants run away and the officer seizes the two rubes and gives them a severe shaking. This wakes them up for a minute and they move with the alacrity of the people of Lively Town. But the exertion is so great and different from what they have been accustomed to that they are quite dizzy. They decide that they have had enough for one day and return home.
Survival status: Print exists.
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 14 May 2025.
References: Website-IMDb.
Home video: Blu-ray Disc, DVD.
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