See “The Crowd” (1928) The male lead was a “discovered extra” who could juggle very well. Eight years after great fame came to him after release of “The Crowd”, directed by King Vidor, the actor had taken to heavy alcohol consumption and either fell or jumped off a bridge in 1936, killing himself. [He was on a railroad bridge contemplating suicide after a series of heartbreaking losses and setbacks, including the death of his child, whom he and the child’s mother were parents with extremely bad judgement/discernment]. Casting of the extra-turned-silent-actor-film-star was sublime in retrospect. (Re: personal and professional life failures and missteps followed by the dreaded “brothers” of his bride).

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