He Who Gets Slapped
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- Drama
- Thriller
- Romance
Overview
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.
Keywords
- love
- tragedy
- clown
- remake
- betrayal
- circus
- based on play or musical
- unrequited love
- silent film
- clowning
- betrayal by friend
- circus performer
- slap
- circus clown
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- December 22, 1924
- Original language
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Cast
- Tully Marshall,Marc McDermott,Ruth King,Clyde Cook,Edward Arnold,Ford Sterling,Lon Chaney,Paulette Duval,Pierre Watkin,Toby Wingand 4 more
- Director
- Victor Sjöström
- Producer
- Victor Sjöström
- Cinematography
- Milton Moore
- Budget
- $172,000
- Revenue
- $881,000
- IMDb
- tt0014972