Karl Dane
A Biography and Filmography
Laura Petersen
Balogh
Foreword by Kevin Brownlow ISBN
978-0-7864-4207-2
52 photos, filmography, appendices, notes, bibliography, index
240pp.
softcover
2009
Available for immediate shipment
Description
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.
About the Author
Laura Petersen Balogh is a teacher and writer in Madison, New Jersey. Her research on Karl Dane has been published in various magazines across the United States and Denmark.
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