a beautifull film about a man laughing throughout pain and love.
the commentary for this film added to the experience. lon chaney's performance is brilliant as he expresses every emotional exceptionally well.i also love some of its lighting choices.
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He Who Gets Slapped
Rating
4.5 (1)
Release Date
12/22/1924Runtime
72 minsOverview
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.
Status
ReleasedOriginal Language
EnglishBudget
$172,000Revenue
$881,000Homepage
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A silent tragedy about a man reduced to public humiliation in a circus, where his pain becomes spectacle and his love for another becomes another form of suffering. It's a deeply melancholic meditation on how we endure, and how cruelty can be transformed into art.
Mood
MelancholicWistfulBleakTense
Themes
BetrayalLoveRedemptionIdentity
Tone
Earnest
Pacing
Slow-burn
Look
NaturalisticPainterly
Structure
Linear
Heads up
Graphic violence
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)
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