A Self-Made Failure

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A Self-Made Failure
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Directed by William Beaudine
Written by Tamar Lane (adaptation)
Violet Clark (scenario)
Lex Neal (scenario)
John Grey (scenario)
Story byJ. K. McDonald
Produced byJ. 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 (1924-06-29)
Running time
8 reels
(7,345 feet)
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (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]

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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]

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References

  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)]