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 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) |
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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]