A Self-Made Failure

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)

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.[1] At the time it was released, it one of the longest comedy features ever made.[2][3]

Cast

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Preservation

A Self-Made Failure is currently presumed lost.[4] In February 2021, the film was cited by the National Film Preservation Board on their Lost U.S. Silent Feature Films list.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "A Self-Made Failure". afi.com. Retrieved April 11, 2026.
  2. ↑ Progressive Silent Film List: A Self-Made Failure at silentera.com
  3. ↑ The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1921-30 by The American Film Institute, c.1971
  4. ↑ "The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: A Self-Made Failure". memory.loc.gov. Archived from the original on March 21, 2023. Retrieved April 11, 2026.
  5. ↑ "7,200 Lost U.S. Silent Feature Films (1912-29)" (PDF). National Film Preservation Board. Retrieved April 11, 2026.
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