The Failure
5.4
A man loses his business and his fiancée, and drifts into the saloons. There he meets a similarly-downtrodden young woman. She works behind the scenes to help him recover his life, and eventually he realizes how steadfast she is.
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Wilfred Lucas
The Clerk
Known for
Modern Times
A Chump at Oxford
Dorothy Bernard
The Woman
Also in
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One Is Business, the Other Crime
D.W. Griffith
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Rescued from an Eagle's Nest
Her First Adventure
D. W. Griffith
Maie B Havey
Lily Cahill
The Clerk's Fiancée
Also in
My Sin
So This Is London
Maie B. Havey
Edwin August
The Woman's Sweetheart
Also in
The Song That Reached His Heart
A Beast at Bay
Grace Henderson
The Fiancée's Mother
Known for
A Corner in Wheat
Adolph Lestina
The Bank Manager
Known for
The Musketeers of Pig Alley
Donald Crisp
Bank Employee
Known for
How Green Was My Valley
The Man from Laramie
J. Jiquel Lanoe
Bank Employee
Also in
Lena and the Geese
Judith of Bethulia
D.W. Griffith Director · Maie B. Havey Writer
United States release December 7, 1911 · Produced in United States · Production Biograph Company
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American Mutoscope & Biograph
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Biograph Company
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United States
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English
Release dates
United States · December 7, 1911
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