The Failure

The Failure — Plot

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.

• Release date
• December 7, 1911
• Runtime
• 18 min
• Genres
• Drama, Romance
• Director
• D.W. Griffith

The Failure — Cast

Wilfred Lucas The Clerk Dorothy Bernard The Woman Lily Cahill The Clerk's Fiancée Edwin August The Woman's Sweetheart Grace Henderson The Fiancée's Mother Adolph Lestina The Bank Manager Donald Crisp Bank Employee J. Jiquel Lanoe Bank Employee