A Self-Made Failure
A Self-Made Failure is a lost[1] 1924 silent film feature comedy 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 one of the longest comedy features ever made. While this film is lost, a trailer of it survives in the Library of Congress film collection.[2][3][4]
| A Self-Made Failure | |
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| Directed by | William Beaudine |
| Produced by | J. K. McDonald |
| Written by | J. K. McDonald (story) Tamar Lane (adaptation) Violet Clark (scenario) Lex Neal (scenario) John Grey (scenario) |
| 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 film (English intertitles) |
Cast
- 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 (*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
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References
- The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog:A Self-Made Failure
- A Self-Made Failure at silentera.com
- The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1921-30 by The American Film Institute, c.1971
- 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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