The life of Karl Dane was a Cinderella story gone horribly wrong.
The immigrant from Copenhagen was rapidly transformed from a
machinist to a Hollywood star after his turn as the tobacco-chewing
Slim in ""The Big Parade"" in 1925. After that, Dane appeared in
more than 40 films with such luminaries as Lillian Gish, John
Gilbert and William Haines until development of talkies virtually
ruined his career. The most famous casualty of the transition from
silent to sound film, Dane reportedly lost his career because of
his accent, finding himself broke at the height of the Depression.
He reportedly operated a hot dog stand outside the studio where he
earned his fame, then committed suicide in 1934. This biography
tells the tale of a daring yet tragic man who aimed for his wildest
dreams and succeeded, if only for a short time.
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