A Self-Made Failure
1924 film by William Beaudine
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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]
Directed byWilliam Beaudine
Written byTamar Lane (adaptation)
Violet Clark (scenario)
Lex Neal (scenario)
John Grey (scenario)
Violet Clark (scenario)
Lex Neal (scenario)
John Grey (scenario)
Story byJ. K. McDonald
Produced byJ. K. McDonald
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| 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 |
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Running time | 8 reels (7,345 feet) |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent (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 (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]
