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 in “The Crowd” after a series of heartbreaking losses and setbacks, including the death of his child. In the movie, he and his wife appear to have contributed to the death of one of the two children out of extremely bad judgment/discernment]. Casting of the extra-turned-silent-actor-film-star was sublime in retrospect (movie scenes depicting personal and professional failures and missteps and the dogged “‘brothers’ of his bride”).

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