A Self-Made Failure

1924 film by William Beaudine

June 29, 1924 (1924-06-29)

Running time

8 reels
(7,345 feet)CountryUnited StatesLanguageSilent (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]

Cast

Lloyd Hamilton as Breezy, The Failure
Ben Alexander as Sonny
Matt Moore as John Steele
Patsy Ruth Miller as Alice Neal
Mary Carr as Grandma Neal
Sam De Grasse as Cyrus Cruikshank
Charles Reisner as Spike Malone (crredited as Chuck Reisner)
Victor Potel as Pokey Jones
Dan Mason as Dan
Harry Todd as The Constable
Alta Allen as Mrs. Spike Malone
Doris Duane as The Waitress
Priscilla Moran as Alice Neal, age 4
Joe McGray as Vermin
Cameo the Dog as himself, Cameo

unbilled

Monte Collins - ?
Dot Farley - ?

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]

References

^ Progressive Silent Film List: A Self-Made Failure at silentera.com
^ The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1921-30 by The American Film Institute, c.1971
^ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: A Self-Made Failure
^ 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)]

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to A Self-Made Failure.

A Self-Made Failure at IMDb
Synopsis at AllMovie
Lobby poster and still at silenthollywood.com

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Films directed by William Beaudine

1920s-30s

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Catch My Smoke (1922)
Heroes of the Street (1922)
Her Fatal Millions (1923)
Penrod and Sam (1923)
The Printer's Devil (1923)
The Country Kid (1923)
Boy of Mine (1923)
Daring Youth (1924)
Wandering Husbands (1924)
Daughters of Pleasure (1924)
A Self-Made Failure (1924)
Cornered (1924)
Lovers' Lane (1924) (unconfirmed)
The Narrow Street (1925)
A Broadway Butterfly (1925)
How Baxter Butted In (1925)
Little Annie Rooney (1925)
That's My Baby (1926)
Sparrows (1926)
The Social Highwayman (1926)
The Canadian (1926)
Frisco Sally Levy (1927)
The Life of Riley (1927)
The Irresistible Lover (1927)
The Cohens and the Kellys in Paris (1928)
Heart to Heart (1928)
Home, James (1928)
Do Your Duty (1928)
Give and Take (1928)
Fugitives (1929)
Two Weeks Off (1929)
Hard to Get (1929)
The Girl from Woolworth's (1929)
Wedding Rings (1929)
Those Who Dance (1930)
Road to Paradise (1930)
Father's Son (1931)
Misbehaving Ladies (1931)
The Lady Who Dared (1931)
The Mad Parade (1931)
Penrod and Sam (1931)
Men in Her Life (1931)
Three Wise Girls (1932)
Make Me a Star (1932)
The Crime of the Century (1933)
Her Bodyguard (1933)
The Old Fashioned Way (1934)

British films

Two Hearts in Harmony (1935)
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Dandy Dick (1935)
Boys Will Be Boys (1935)
Get Off My Foot (1935)
Mr. Cohen Takes a Walk (1935)
Where There's a Will (1936)
Educated Evans (1936)
It's in the Bag (1936)
Windbag the Sailor (1936)
Feather Your Nest (1937)
Said O'Reilly to McNab (1937)
Take It from Me (1937)

1930s-40s

Torchy Gets Her Man (1938)
Torchy Blane in Chinatown (1939)
She Done Him Right (1940)
Four Shall Die (1940)
The Last Alarm (1940)
Misbehaving Husbands (1940)
Up Jumped the Devil (1941)
Emergency Landing (1941)
Mr. Washington Goes to Town (1941)
Federal Fugitives (1941)
Desperate Cargo (1941)
Flying Wild (1941)
Mr. Celebrity (1941)
The Miracle Kid (1941)
Blonde Comet (1941)
Duke of the Navy (1942)
Broadway Big Shot (1942)
Lucky Ghost (1942)
Professor Creeps (1942)
The Panther's Claw (1942)
Men of San Quentin (1942)
Gallant Lady (1942)
One Thrilling Night (1942)
Phantom Killer (1942)
Foreign Agent (1942)
The Living Ghost (1942)
The Ape Man (1943)
Clancy Street Boys (1943)
Spotlight Scandals (1943)
Ghosts on the Loose (1943)
Here Comes Kelly (1943)
Mr. Muggs Steps Out (1943)
Mystery of the 13th Guest (1943)
What a Man! (1944)
Voodoo Man (1944)
Hot Rhythm (1944)
Detective Kitty O'Day (1944)
Follow the Leader (1944)
Leave It to the Irish (1944)
Oh, What a Night (1944)
Shadow of Suspicion (1944)
Bowery Champs (1944)
Crazy Knights (1944)
Mom and Dad (1945)
Adventures of Kitty O'Day (1945)
Fashion Model (1945)
Blonde Ransom (1945)
Swingin' on a Rainbow (1945)
Come Out Fighting (1945)
Black Market Babies (1945)
Girl on the Spot (1946)
The Face of Marble (1946)
One Exciting Week (1946)
Don't Gamble with Strangers (1946)
Below the Deadline (1946)
Spook Busters (1946)
Mr. Hex (1946)
Philo Vance Returns (1947)
Hard Boiled Mahoney (1947)
Too Many Winners (1947)
Killer at Large (1947)
Gas House Kids Go West (1947)
News Hounds (1947)
Bowery Buckaroos (1947)
The Chinese Ring (1947)
Angels' Alley (1947)
Jinx Money (1948)
Shanghai Chest (1948)
The Golden Eye (1948)
Smugglers' Cove (1948)
Incident (1948)
Kidnapped (1948)
Jiggs and Maggie in Court (1948)
The Feathered Serpent (1948)
The Lawton Story (1949)
Tuna Clipper (1949)
Forgotten Women (1949)
Trail of the Yukon (1949)
Jiggs and Maggie in Jackpot Jitters (1949)
Tough Assignment (1949)

1950s-60s

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Blonde Dynamite (1950)
Jiggs and Maggie Out West (1950)
Lucky Losers (1950)
County Fair (1950)
Second Chance (1950)
Blues Busters (1950)
A Wonderful Life (1951)
Bowery Battalion (1951)
Cuban Fireball (1951)
Ghost Chasers (1951)
Let's Go Navy! (1951)
Havana Rose (1951)
Crazy Over Horses (1951)
Rodeo (1952)
Hold That Line (1952)
Jet Job (1952)
Here Come the Marines (1952)
The Rose Bowl Story (1952)
Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla (1952)
Feudin' Fools (1952)
No Holds Barred (1952)
Jalopy (1953)
Born to the Saddle (1953)
Roar of the Crowd (1953)
Murder Without Tears (1953)
Yukon Vengeance (1954)
Paris Playboys (1954)
Pride of the Blue Grass (1954)
High Society (1955)
Jail Busters (1955)
Westward Ho the Wagons! (1956)
Up in Smoke (1957)
In the Money (1958)
Ten Who Dared (1960)
Billy the Kid Versus Dracula (1966)
Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter (1966)

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