Are You a Failure? is a 1923 American silent comedy film directed by Tom Forman and starring Madge Bellamy, Lloyd Hughes and Tom Santschi.[1]
Are You a Failure? | |
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Directed by | Tom Forman |
Written by | Larry Evans Eve Unsell |
Produced by | B.P. Schulberg |
Starring | Madge Bellamy Lloyd Hughes Tom Santschi |
Cinematography | Harry Perry |
Production company | B.P. Schulberg Productions |
Distributed by | Preferred Pictures |
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Running time | 60 minutes |
Country | United States |
Languages | Silent English intertitles |
Plot Summary
editPampered by his single aunts and seemingly indecisive, Oliver Wendell Blaine enrolls in a correspondence course on "success". Step by step, Oliver adheres to the course guidelines, gradually boosting his self-assurance. He emerges as a local hero when he resolves a dangerous log jam that imperils the community. Subsequently, he earns the position of river boss and ties the knot with Phyllis Thorpe, the daughter of the lumber mill owner.
Cast
edit- Madge Bellamy as Phyllis Thorpe
- Lloyd Hughes as Oliver Wendell Blaine
- Tom Santschi as Kildevil Brenon
- Hardee Kirkland as Gregory Thorpe
- Jane Keckley as Aunt Emily
- Hallam Cooley as Emmett Graves
- Sam Allen as Thaddeus Crane
- Myrtle Vane as Aunt Charlotte
References
edit- ^ Munden p.24
Bibliography
edit- Munden, Kenneth White. The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1. University of California Press, 1997.
External links
edit- Are You a Failure? at IMDb
- Media related to Are You a Failure? at Wikimedia Commons