He Who Gets Slapped

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Directed by

Victor Sjöström

Starring (View all)

Lon Chaney
Paul Beaumont / HE

Norma Shearer
Consuelo

John Gilbert
Bezano

Marc McDermott
Baron Regnard

Ford Sterling
Tricaud

Tully Marshall
Count Mancini

Pierre Watkin
Spectator in Audience at HE's Final Performance

Bartine Burkett
Bareback Rider

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Leonid Andreyev

Carey Wilson

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After Baron Regnard (Marc MacDermott) steals both his greatest invention and his wife, scientist Paul Beaumont (Lon Chaney) loses all self-regard and joins a circus sideshow to become the most famous clown in France, known as "He Who Gets Slapped" by other clowns. When Paul falls in love with bareback rider Consuelo (Norma Shearer), she and her partner, Brazo (John Gilbert), mock him. He is heartbroken, but determined to shield Consuelo when Regnard shows sudden romantic interest in her.

Release date: 22 December 1924

Tags: Circus (4), Drama (3), Thriller (3), 1920s (3), Silent (3), Clown (3), 1924 (3), Usa (2), Lion (2), Humiliation (2), Laughter (2), Slap (2), Love In Vain (1), MGM Studios (1)

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" Let's be honest here... clowns have always been creepy.Even before the invention of movies. And after the film industry became a thing, the projection of these made-up jesters onto the silver screen only seemed to heighten that point.The actor famously known as the "Man of a Thousand Faces", Lon Cheney, playes "HE who gets slapped" or "HE" for short. And despite that "HE" is supposed to be the tragic hero of this silent era thriller, the visage of the white make-up caked over the face of Ch"