A Self-Made Failure Explained

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]}

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]

External links

• • • Lobby poster and still at silenthollywood.com

Notes and References

1. http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/S/SelfMadeFailure1924.html Progressive Silent Film List: A Self-Made Failure
2. The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1921-30 by The American Film Institute, c.1971
3. http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.9021/default.html 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)