Are You a Failure?
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1923 silent film
| Are You a Failure? | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Tom Forman |
| Written by | Larry Evans Eve Unsell |
| Produced by | B.P. Schulberg |
| Starring | Madge Bellamy Lloyd Hughes Tom Santschi |
| Cinematography | Harry Perry |
Production company | B.P. Schulberg Productions |
| Distributed by | Preferred Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 60 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Languages | Silent English intertitles |
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Are You a Failure? is a 1923 American silent comedy film directed by Tom Forman and starring Madge Bellamy, Lloyd Hughes and Tom Santschi.[1]
Plot Summary
[edit ]Pampered by his single aunts and seemingly indecisive, Oliver Wendell Blaine enrolls in a correspondence course on "success". Step by step, Oliver adheres to the course guidelines, gradually boosting his self-assurance. He emerges as a local hero when he resolves a dangerous log jam that imperils the community. Subsequently, he earns the position of river boss and ties the knot with Phyllis Thorpe, the daughter of the lumber mill owner.
Cast
[edit ]- Madge Bellamy as Phyllis Thorpe
- Lloyd Hughes as Oliver Wendell Blaine
- Tom Santschi as Kildevil Brenon
- Hardee Kirkland as Gregory Thorpe
- Jane Keckley as Aunt Emily
- Hallam Cooley as Emmett Graves
- Sam Allen as Thaddeus Crane
- Myrtle Vane as Aunt Charlotte
References
[edit ]- ^ Munden p.24
Bibliography
[edit ]- Munden, Kenneth White. The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1. University of California Press, 1997.
External links
[edit ]- Are You a Failure? at IMDb
- Media related to Are You a Failure? at Wikimedia Commons
