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He Who Gets Slapped (1924)

Movie
Audience Score
76
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NR 1 hr 12 minDec 22nd, 1924Romance, Thriller, Drama
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.
StarringLon ChaneyNorma ShearerJohn Gilbert
DirectorVictor Sjöström

Movie Details

Theatrical Release:December 22nd, 1924
Movie Budget:$172,000
Movie Box Office Gross:$881,000 (Worldwide)
Original Language:English
Production Companies:Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Movie Tags:
silent filmlovebased on play or musicalremakebetrayalcircustragedyclownunrequited lovebetrayal by friend