A Self-Made Failure

A Self-Made Failure
A Self-Made Failure
	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	June 29, 1924;
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

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

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

^ 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

A Self-Made Failure at IMDb
Synopsis at AllMovie
Lobby poster and still at silenthollywood.com

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[1] Progressive Silent Film List: A Self-Made Failure at silentera.com

[2] The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1921-30 by The American Film Institute, c.1971

[3] The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: A Self-Made Failure

[4] 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)]

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