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A Successful Failure (1934)

A Successful Failure poster
Directed by
Arthur Lubin
Genre
comedy film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 02m
Rated
NR
Rating
4.2 of 10 from 4 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man tries to make it big as a radio personality but his plans keep backfiring. The film follows his humorous attempts to succeed.

lightheartedwhimsicalplayfulfast-pacedbuoyantcomedicsilly

What happens

A Successful Failure is a 1934 American film directed by Arthur Lubin. It was Lubin's first film as director. There is no connection between the fictional radio personality "Uncle Dudley" in this film, and the 1935 comedy film Your Uncle Dudley, with Edward Everett Horton. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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