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Karl Dane's life 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. He was broke and alone at the height of the Depression and committed suicide in 1934.
Contents
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Foreword by Kevin Brownlow
Introduction
1. A Boy from Copenhagen
2. Soldier, Daredevil and Father
3. An American Adventure
4. Exile
5. Emma
6. The Big Parade
7. A Family Regained
8. The Great Dane and the Amazing Arthur
9. 1928, a Tumultuous Year
10. On the Road
11. Mining Over Movies
12. Last Days
Epilogue
Appendix A: Personalities and Postscripts
Appendix B: Shorts
Filmography
Chapter Notes
Bibliography
Index
