A Self-Made Failure
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| A Self-Made Failure | |
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 Lobby card | |
| Directed by | William Beaudine |
| Written by | Tamar Lane (adaptation) Violet Clark (scenario) Lex Neal (scenario) John Grey (scenario) |
| Story by | J. K. McDonald |
| Produced by | J. K. McDonald |
| Starring | Lloyd Hamilton |
| Cinematography | Ray June Barney McGill |
| Edited by | H. P. Bretherton Beth Matz |
| Distributed by | Associated First National Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 8 reels (7,345 feet) |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
A Self-Made Failure is a 1924 American silent comedy film distributed by Associated First National Pictures, later First National Pictures. It was directed by William Beaudine and starred silent comic Lloyd Hamilton and then child actor Ben Alexander. At the time it was released, it one of the longest comedy features ever made.[1][2]
Cast
[edit]- Lloyd Hamilton as Breezy, The Failure
- Ben Alexander as Sonny
- Matt Moore as John Steele
- Patsy Ruth Miller as Alice Neal
- Mary Carr as Grandma Neal
- Sam De Grasse as Cyrus Cruikshank
- Charles Reisner as Spike Malone (credited as Chuck Reisner)
- Victor Potel as Pokey Jones
- Dan Mason as Dan
- Harry Todd as The Constable
- Alta Allen as Mrs. Spike Malone
- Doris Duane as The Waitress
- Priscilla Moran as Alice Neal, age 4
- Joe McGray as Vermin
- Cameo the Dog as himself, Cameo
unbilled
- Monte Collins - ?
- Dot Farley - ?
Preservation
[edit]No copies of A Self-Made Failure are in any film archives,[3] making it a lost film. While the film is lost, a trailer of it survives in the Library of Congress film collection.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ Progressive Silent Film List: A Self-Made Failure at silentera.com
- ^ The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1921-30 by The American Film Institute, c.1971
- ^ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: A Self-Made Failure
- ^ Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artist Collection at The Library of Congress by The American Film Institute, c.1978 (for trailer)]
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to A Self-Made Failure.
- A Self-Made Failure at IMDb
- Synopsis at AllMovie
- Lobby poster and still at silenthollywood.com
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Categories:
- 1924 films
- American silent feature films
- Films directed by William Beaudine
- Lost American comedy films
- First National Pictures films
- 1924 comedy films
- Silent American comedy films
- American black-and-white films
- Films with screenplays by John Grey
- 1924 lost films
- 1920s American films
- 1920s silent comedy film stubs