Are You a Failure?

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	March 15, 1923 (1923-03-15)
Running time	60 minutes
Country	United States
Languages	Silent English intertitles

Are You a Failure? is a 1923 American silent comedy film directed by Tom Forman and starring Madge Bellamy, Lloyd Hughes and Tom Santschi.

Plot Summary

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

• 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

Bibliography

• 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

• Are You a Failure? at IMDb
• Media related to Are You a Failure? at Wikimedia Commons