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]

A Self-Made Failure
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Directed byWilliam Beaudine
Written byTamar Lane (adaptation)
Violet Clark (scenario)
Lex Neal (scenario)
John Grey (scenario)
Story byJ. K. McDonald
Produced byJ. K. McDonald
StarringLloyd Hamilton
CinematographyRay June
Barney McGill
Edited byH. P. Bretherton
Beth Matz
Distributed byAssociated First National Pictures
Release date
  • June 29, 1924 (1924-06-29)
Running time
8 reels
(7,345 feet)
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)

Cast

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Preservation

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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

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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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