He Who Gets Slapped
1924 · ★ 7.6 · Dir. Victor Sjöström
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.
- Released
- 1924-12-22
- Runtime
- 72 min
- Rated
- NR
- Language
- EN
- Budget
- $172K
- Box office
- $881K
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Lon Chaney
Paul Beaumont aka HE
Norma Shearer
Consuelo
John Gilbert
Bezano
Ruth King
Marie Beaumont
Marc McDermott
Baron Regnard
Ford Sterling
Tricaud
Tully Marshall
Count Mancini
Edward Arnold
Extra (uncredited)
Paulette Duval
Zinida (uncredited)
Brandon Hurst
A Clown (uncredited)
Toby Wing
Playing Child (uncredited)
Pierre Watkin
Spectator in Audience at HE's Final Performance
Keywords
ClownLoveRemakeTragedyCircusBased on play or musicalUnrequited loveClowningSilent filmSlapCircus performerCircus clown
