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  • Failure (1925)
  • Short | Comedy, Short
Failure (1925)
Short | Comedy, Short

Lawyer Gooch, specializing in divorces, receives a visit from a man who tells him that a certain Mrs. Billings will not be happy until she gets a divorce from her husband, and without stating his name, the man says he will pay Gooch $500 ...See moreLawyer Gooch, specializing in divorces, receives a visit from a man who tells him that a certain Mrs. Billings will not be happy until she gets a divorce from her husband, and without stating his name, the man says he will pay Gooch $500 if he obtains a divorce. A woman enters the office and states another "hypothetical case" saying that she is unhappily married and wants a divorce. She says her name is Billings and will pay $500 if Gooch will get her a divorce. She is scarcely out of the office when another man enters and pleads with the lawyer to patch up the differences of a Mr. and Mrs. Billings, saying he will pay $1000 if Gooch will effect a reconciliation. Gooch accepts the latter proposition and, thinking that the last man is the husband of Mrs. Billings, he brings them together, only to find that the last man is the very man Mrs. Billings is pursuing, and who is interested in having her reconciled to her husband in order to escape her. Written by Motion Picture News, November 21, 1925 See less
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O. Henry (story "Hypothesis of Failure") | Beatrice Van (scenario)
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Updated Nov 29, 1925

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Nov 29, 1925 (United States)

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7 cast members
Name Known for
Harvey Clark
Lawyer Gootch Lawyer Gootch   See fewer
Kathryn McGuire
Tilly Jones Tilly Jones   See fewer
Bud Geary
Oscar Spiffen (as Maine Geary) Oscar Spiffen (as Maine Geary)   See fewer
William Bailey
Thomas Billings (as William Norton Bailey) Thomas Billings (as William Norton Bailey)   See fewer
Vivien Oakland
Mrs. Billings Mrs. Billings   See fewer
Roy Atwell
Henry Jessup Henry Jessup   See fewer
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