A Successful Failure

A Successful Failure (1934)

Ellery Cushing is full of catchy sayings and old-fashioned wisdom. But all that his family cares about is how much money he makes, and all that his boss at the newspaper sees is that Cushing is getting too old to keep up with his work. So his loyal co-worker Phil decides to see what he can do to help everyone see what his friend has to offer.

Date of release
1934-10-14
TMDB
4.2 / 10 (4)
Runtime
1h 2m
Genres
Comedy
Director
Arthur Lubin

Casting

Interesting facts

A Successful Failure is a 1934 American film. It was the directorial debut for Arthur Lubin.

Production

This film is based on the short story "Your Uncle William" by Michael Kane, published in The Saturday Evening Post.

William Collier signed in June 1934. The film marked Lucile Gleason's return to movies after a break. Arthur Lubin became attached to direct in July.

In August 1934 the film was officially put on Monogram's slate.

It was the first film directed by Arthur Lubin who had been an actor and had directed theatre. Lubin says it was shot in five days. Another account he says it was six days and estimates his fee was $500.

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