He Who Gets Slapped
1924 | 72m | English
Popularity: 1 (history)
| Director: | Victor Sjöström |
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| Writer: | Victor Sjöström, Carey Wilson |
| Staring: |
| After a baron steals his scientific discoveries, runs away with his wife, and slaps him in public, a man joins a Parisian circus sideshow as a clown whose act consists of being slapped repeatedly and becomes infatuated with a showgirl colleague whose father intends to marry her off to the baron. | |
| Release Date: | Dec 22, 1924 |
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| Director: | Victor Sjöström |
| Writer: | Victor Sjöström, Carey Wilson |
| Genres: | Drama, Romance, Thriller |
| Keywords | circus, clown, clowning, love, remake, unrequited love, betrayal, based on play or musical, tragedy, silent film, betrayal by friend, slap, circus clown, circus performer |
| Production Companies | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $881,000
Budget: $172,000 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 01, 2025 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Lon Chaney | Paul Beaumont |
| Norma Shearer | Consuelo |
| John Gilbert | Bezano |
| Ruth King | Marie Beaumont |
| Marc McDermott | Baron Regnard |
| Ford Sterling | Tricaud |
| Tully Marshall | Count Mancini |
| Edward Arnold | (uncredited) |
| Paulette Duval | Zinida (uncredited) |
| Brandon Hurst | Clown (uncredited) |
| Toby Wing | Playing Child (uncredited) |
| Pierre Watkin | Spectator at Final Performance (uncredited) |
| Bela Lugosi | Extra (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Victor Sjöström | Director, Adaptation |
| Cedric Gibbons | Settings |
| Leonid Andreyev | Theatre Play |
| Milton Moore | Director of Photography |
| Gregory Zillboorg | Translator |
| Sophie Wachner | Costume Design |
| Hugh Wynn | Editor |
| Louis B. Mayer | Presenter |
| Carey Wilson | Adaptation |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Victor Sjöström | Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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