List of the best Karl Dane movies: Speedway(1929), Navy Blues(1930), Alias Jimmy Valentine(1928), The Trail of '98(1929), The Red Mill(1927), The Big Parade(1925), The Son of the Sheik(1926), Montana Moon(1930), The Big House(1930), La Bohème(1926), Bardelys the Magnificent(1926), The Mysterious Island(1929) ... ...
Comedy
USA
1929
82 Minutes
Dugan
William Haines Anita Page Karl Dane Ernest Torrence John Miljan
Bill Whipple is a happy-go-lucky mechanic for MacDonald who thinks that he is the worlds greatest driver and lover. Mac has treated Bill like a son since he took him in. One day at the ... See full summary »
Comedy
USA
1930
75 Minutes
Sven Swanson
William Haines Anita Page Karl Dane J.C. Nugent Edythe Chapman Wade Boteler Gertrude Sutton
sailor dance hall girl mother father melodramatic lighthearted endearing ship docks dance hall family home hotel military leave young love parental pressure parent/child relationship running away reunion forbidden love transformation
On shore leave, a young sailor meets and falls in love with a pretty young blonde. He goes home with her to meet her parents, but they don't approve of him at all. Their daughter takes ... See full summary »
Crime, Drama
USA
1928
88 Minutes
Swede
William Haines Lionel Barrymore Leila Hyams Karl Dane Tully Marshall Ruth Shepley
Jimmy is an expert safe cracker that intends to knock over a small town's leading bank, but he stays there and gets a job instead. As a cashier, he falls in love with the president's ... See full summary »
Drama, History
1929
87 Minutes
Lars Petersen
Dolores del Río Ralph Forbes Harry Carey Karl Dane Tully Marshall George Cooper Russell Simpson Emily Fitzroy Tenen Holtz Cesare Gravina E. Alyn Warren
pretty woman suitor prospector brother farmer brutal gutsy spirited wilderness alaska san francisco expedition aspirations gold rush survival romance adventure quest discovery love
Pioneers (Dolores del Río, Ralph Forbes) face tragedy as they struggle to reach the Yukon gold rush in 1898.
Comedy
USA
1927
72 Minutes
Capt. Jacob Edam
Marion Davies Owen Moore Louise Fazenda George Siegmann Karl Dane Russ Powell Snitz Edwards William Orlamond Fred Gamble
barmaid tourist young woman captain governor hilarious mushy tavern netherlands family home love triangle ice skating contest inheritance mistaken identity adventure rivalry love 1920s
A tavern worker and the daughter of a burgomaster enter into elaborate masquerades in order to win the hearts of the men they love.
War
USA
1925
126 Minutes
Slim
John Gilbert Renée Adorée Hobart Bosworth Claire McDowell Claire Adams Karl Dane Robert Ober Tom O'Brien Rosita Marstini
soldier father mother ingénue brother girlfriend emotional melodramatic france battlefield countryside family home farm world war i horrors of war young love family growing up love quest
A young American soldier witnesses the horrors of the Great War.
Adventure
USA
1926
72 Minutes
Ramadan
Rudolph Valentino Vilma Banky Agnes Ayres George Fawcett Montagu Love Karl Dane Bull Montana
sheik son mother dancing girl father moor melodramatic desert city compound north africa family home hideout deception betrayal kidnapping love triangle class conflict forbidden love adventure
The son of the sheik and a dancing girl fall in love, but when he is made to believe she has betrayed him he seeks revenge.
Musical
USA
1930
89 Minutes
Hank
Joan Crawford Johnny Mack Brown Dorothy Sebastian Ricardo Cortez Benny Rubin Cliff Edwards Karl Dane Lloyd Ingram
A vacuous and flirtatious daughter of a wealthy rancher falls in love and marries a Texas cowboy and rancher, who calls her 'Montana', and eventually clash over their different lifestyles, to the point of almost ending their marriage.
Crime, Drama
USA
1930
87 Minutes
Olsen
Wallace Beery Chester Morris Robert Montgomery Lewis Stone Leila Hyams George F. Marion J.C. Nugent Karl Dane DeWitt Jennings Matthew Betz Claire McDowell
prisoner prison official guard warden criminal gritty thrilling bleak prison prison life prison break drunk driving corruption crime escape revenge 1930s
A convict falls in love with his new cellmate's sister, only to become embroiled in a planned break-out which is certain to have lethal consequences.
Drama
USA
1926
101 Minutes
Benoit
Lillian Gish John Gilbert Renée Adorée Edward Everett Horton Roy D'Arcy George Hassell David Mir Gene Pouyet Karl Dane Catherine Vidor Valentina Zimina
A group of starving artists try to survive in 1830s Paris, including a seamstress and the would-be playwright she loves.
Drama, Romance, History
USA
1926
90 Minutes
Rodenard
John Gilbert Eleanor Boardman Roy D'Arcy Lionel Belmore Emily Fitzroy George K. Arthur Arthur Lubin Theodore von Eltz Karl Dane Edward Connelly Fred Malatesta
Rafael Sabatini's story of the swashbuckling era and of Bardelys, the handsome courtier who could win any woman he set his mind to...and was not above boasting about it to all who would listen.
Sci-Fi
USA
1929
95 Minutes
Lionel Barrymore Jacqueline Gadsdon Lloyd Hughes Montagu Love Harry Gribbon Snitz Edwards Gibson Gowland Dolores Brinkman Pauline Starke Karl Dane
count scientist daughter engineer baron campy spectacular under the sea island submarine laboratory class conflict oceanic exploration monsters submarine adventure rivalry 1850s
On a volcanic island near the kingdom of Hetvia rules Count Dakkar, a benevolent leader and scientist who has eliminated class distinction among the island's inhabitants. Dakkar, his ... See full summary »
Comedy
USA
1930
92 Minutes
Buster Keaton Anita Page Trixie Friganza Robert Montgomery Edgar Dearing Gwen Lee John Miljan Lionel Barrymore William Haines William Collier Jr. Dorothy Sebastian
manager beauty queen movie star mother madcap cheery playful kansas hollywood, calif. movie studio grauman's chinese theatre beauty pageant movies ambition acting romance disaster quest discovery rise
A bumbling manager tries to get a small town beauty contest winner into the movies.