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He Who Gets Slapped

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He Who Gets Slapped

7.6

1h 12m

1924

Synopsis

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.

Director

Victor Sjöström

DramaThrillerRomance

circusclownclowningbased on play or musicalloveremaketragedybetrayalunrequited lovesilent filmbetrayal by friendslap

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Cast & Crew

Lon Chaney

Lon Chaney

as Paul Beaumont

Norma Shearer

Norma Shearer

as Consuelo

John Gilbert

John Gilbert

as Bezano

Ruth King

Ruth King

as Marie Beaumont

Marc McDermott

Marc McDermott

as Baron Regnard

Ford Sterling

Ford Sterling

as Tricaud

Tully Marshall

Tully Marshall

as Count Mancini

Edward Arnold

Edward Arnold

as (uncredited)

Paulette Duval

Paulette Duval

as Zinida (uncredited)

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