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He Who Gets Slapped

Cast

Lon Chaney, Norma Shearer, John Gilbert, Ruth King View All


Crew

Victor Sjostrom (Screenplay), Victor Sjostrom (Director), Carey Wilson (Screenplay) View All

Release: Dec. 22nd, 1924
Runtime: 1 hour, 12 minutes
Story of an inventor who, suffering betrayal in life, makes a career of it by becoming a clown whose act consists of getting slapped by all the other clowns. He falls in love with another circus performer, and those who betrayed him enter his life yet again.
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Citizen Rules
Laugh, Clown, Laugh (1928) is very similar to another silent film with Lon Chaney as a clown in He Who Gets Slapped (1924), but He Who Gets Slapped is a much better film with stronger themes, more impressive sets and more of a pay off at the end.


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