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Title: He Who Gets Slapped (1924)
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| Credited cast: | |||
| Lon Chaney | ... | Paul Beaumont / HE | |
| Norma Shearer | ... | Consuelo | |
| John Gilbert | ... | Bezano | |
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Ruth King | ... | Marie Beaumont |
| Marc McDermott | ... | Baron Regnard | |
| Ford Sterling | ... | Tricaud | |
| Tully Marshall | ... | Count Mancini | |
| Rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Pierre Watkin | ... | spectator in audience at HE's final performance | |
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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. Written by Robert Tonsing <rtonsing@ti.com>
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Victor Seastrom's production of the famous stage play by Leonid Andreyev. (Poster). See more »Parents Guide:
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In 1959, the film was adapted into an opera for the New York City Opera. See more »Goofs
During part of the scene where the lion is loose in the room, Beaumont is seen with no, or hardly any, black makeup around his right eye. Before and after this scene, both eyes are made up. See more »Quotes
HE: You forget, gentlemen - this is a circus - love must wait - - the performance must go on!See more »
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In the version aired on Turner Classic Movies (TCM) on April 29, 2020, just after the Leo (the MGM Lion) shot and prior to the credits intertitle, there was an approval stamp within a toroidal circle: Approved by Kansas State Board of Review Serial Number C8806; below that was a rectangular text box: KANSAS GROWS THE BEST WHEAT IN THE WORLD See more »Frequently Asked Questions
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
2 January 1925 (Canada) See more »Also Known As:
Akit arcul csaptak See more »Filming Locations:
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios - 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USAEdit
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If you are looking for horror and shocks, this really isn't the Lon Chaney movie for you. The film is more a tragedy about a decent man who is betrayed and subsequently retreats to the circus--where he plays a clown that is beaten up and mistreated to the delight of the audiences. The film is intended to be critical of human nature and how the misery of others is oddly entertaining, though the scenes where Chaney ran around as the clown being slapped about just didn't seem funny or very magical. It was as if in this character, he just wasn't quite hitting his usual stride. However, in the rest of the film, we have a dandy morality play that still hold up well over time (as do most of Chaney's films). Not great, but certainly very good and well worth a look.