Are You a Failure?

60 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguagesSilent
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.^[1]

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

References

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