Max Kane — Dinner at Eight Character Profile

About Max Kane

The agent for washed-up actor Larry Renault. He delivers devastating news that Larry has lost his lead stage role and only qualifies for a minor part. After Larry drunkenly insults the new producer, Max brutally forces his client to accept his professional irrelevance and impending eviction, directly precipitating Larry's despair and subsequent suicide.

Character Facts

Played by

Lee Tracy

Appears in

Dinner at Eight (1933)

Role

Supporting

Relationships (4)

• Max Kane — Professional Agent — Larry Renault (John Barrymore)

  Professional agent-actor dynamic marked by harsh reality checks.

• Max Kane — Professional Industry Peer — Carlotta Vance (Marie Dressler)

  Professional peers navigating the same entertainment and business circles.

• Max Kane — Professional Business Network — Dan Packard (Wallace Beery)

  Professional overlap in navigating 1930s business and entertainment landscapes.

• Max Kane — Professional Industry Connection — Ernest DeGraff (Phillips Holmes)

  Professional connection through intersecting business and entertainment networks.

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More characters from Dinner at Eight

• Carlotta Vance (Marie Dressler)
• Larry Renault (John Barrymore)
• Dan Packard (Wallace Beery)
• Kitty Packard (Jean Harlow)
• Lucy Talbot (Karen Morley)
• Oliver Jordan (Lionel Barrymore)
• Mr. Hatfield (John Davidson)
• Tina (Hilda Vaughn)
• Miss Copeland (Elizabeth Patterson)
• Fosdick (Harry Beresford)
• Ernest DeGraff (Phillips Holmes)
• Miss Alden (Phoebe Foster)