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The Failure

  • 1915
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Clarence Barr, John Emerson, Olga Grey, and Allan Sears in The Failure (1915)
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Theatrical manager Isaac Shuman has a reputation for taking advantage of young girls who want to become stars on Broadway. Reporter Tom Warder investigates these stories and exposes Shuman i... Read allTheatrical manager Isaac Shuman has a reputation for taking advantage of young girls who want to become stars on Broadway. Reporter Tom Warder investigates these stories and exposes Shuman in his newspaper. Shuman threatens to kill Warder, then leaves town. He returns several yea... Read allTheatrical manager Isaac Shuman has a reputation for taking advantage of young girls who want to become stars on Broadway. Reporter Tom Warder investigates these stories and exposes Shuman in his newspaper. Shuman threatens to kill Warder, then leaves town. He returns several years later and hatches a scheme to frame Tom and have him sent to prison. He succeeds, but T... Read all

  • Director
    • Christy Cabanne
  • Writer
    • Christy Cabanne
  • Stars
    • John Emerson
    • Juanita Hansen
    • Allan Sears
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    • Director
      • Christy Cabanne
    • Writer
      • Christy Cabanne
    • Stars
      • John Emerson
      • Juanita Hansen
      • Allan Sears
    • 1User review
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    John Emerson
    John Emerson
    • Tom Warder
    Juanita Hansen
    Juanita Hansen
    • Ruth Shipman
    • (as Wahneta Hanson)
    Allan Sears
    • Isaac Shuman
    • (as A.D. Sears)
    Olga Grey
    Olga Grey
    • Rose Beaudet
    • (as Olga Gray)
    Clarence Barr
    • The Trusty Prison Clerk
    • (as Camille Barr)
    Spottiswoode Aitken
    Spottiswoode Aitken
    • Barfly
    • (uncredited)
    George Beranger
    George Beranger
    • Barfly
    • (uncredited)
    Augustus Carney
    Augustus Carney
    • Barfly
    • (uncredited)
    Charles Clary
    Charles Clary
    • Barfly
    • (uncredited)
    Jack Conway
    Jack Conway
    • Barfly
    • (uncredited)
    Sam De Grasse
    Sam De Grasse
    • Barfly
    • (uncredited)
    William Hinckley
    William Hinckley
    • Barfly
    • (uncredited)
    Ralph Lewis
    Ralph Lewis
    • Barfly
    • (uncredited)
    George Siegmann
    George Siegmann
    • Barfly
    • (uncredited)
    Erich von Stroheim
    Erich von Stroheim
    • Barfly
    • (uncredited)
    Henry B. Walthall
    Henry B. Walthall
    • Barfly
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Christy Cabanne
    • Writer
      • Christy Cabanne
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    deickemeyer

    Hackneyed development

    This is a four-reel number of the Masterpicture program. The first two reels of the production give fine promise, and it is keenly disappointing to find that a hackneyed development of what started out to be a good story, has been resorted to in dragging it into a four-reel production. John Emerson is featured in the picture, doing excellent work, with some opportunity. Supporting him is an exceptionally fine cast among whom are Wahneta Hanson, S.D. Sears, Olga Gray, and Augustus Carney. The production is based on a quarrel of morals and responsibilities between a young newspaper reporter, and a theatrical manager. The reporter afterwards writes a play which the manager steals. In his attempt to expose the manager the reporter is made the victim of a frame-up. Here it is that old ideas commence to throng into the development, with the result already mentioned. - The Moving Picture World, June 5, 1915

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    • Release date
      • May 27, 1915 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Languages
      • None
      • English
    • Filming locations
      • Reliance-Majestic Studios, 4516 Sunset Blvd, Hollywood, California, USA
    • Production company
      • Reliance Film Company
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      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Silent
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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