He Who Gets Slapped (1924)
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- 1h 35min
- Drama, Romance
- 22 Dec 1924 (USA)
- Movie
A bitter clown endeavors to rescue the young woman he loves from the lecherous count who once betrayed him.
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Awards:
- 4 wins.
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Cast
| Lon Chaney | ... |
Paul Beaumont / HE
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| Norma Shearer | ... |
Consuelo
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| John Gilbert | ... |
Bezano
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| Ruth King | ... |
Marie Beaumont
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| Marc McDermott | ... |
Baron Regnard
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| Ford Sterling | ... |
Tricaud
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| Tully Marshall | ... |
Count Mancini
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| Pierre Watkin | ... |
Spectator in Audience at HE's Final Performance
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| Alice Belcher | ... |
Woman in Circus Audience (uncredited)
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Bartine Burkett | ... |
Bareback Rider (uncredited)
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| Harvey Clark | ... |
Briquet (uncredited)
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| Clyde Cook | ... |
A Clown (uncredited)
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| Carrie Daumery | ... |
Extra (uncredited)
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| George Davis | ... |
A Clown (uncredited)
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| Paulette Duval | ... |
Zinida (uncredited)
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| F.F. Guenste | ... |
Waiter bringing Champagne (uncredited)
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| Joseph Hazelton | ... |
Professor in Audience of Academy (uncredited)
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| Brandon Hurst | ... |
A Clown (uncredited)
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George Marion | ... |
Laughing Professor (uncredited)
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Scotty Mattraw | ... |
Musician with Violin (uncredited)
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| Arthur Millett | ... |
Man in Circus Audience (uncredited)
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| Mike Ragan | ... |
Child in Circus Audience (uncredited)
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Dorothy Seay | ... |
Child in Circus Audience (uncredited)
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Erik Stocklassa | ... |
Ringmaster (uncredited)
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| Ellinor Vanderveer | ... |
Woman in Circus Audience (uncredited)
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| Toby Wing | ... |
Playing Child (uncredited)
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Directed by
| Victor Sjöström | ... | (as Victor Seastrom) |
Written by
| Leonid Andreyev | ... | (adapted from the play by) |
| Carey Wilson | ... | (adapted for the screen by) and |
| Victor Sjöström | ... | (adapted for the screen by) (as Victor Seastrom) |
| Marian Ainslee | ... | (titles) |
Produced by
| Victor Sjöström | ... | producer (as Victor Seastrom) |
| Irving Thalberg | ... | producer (uncredited) |
Music by
| William Axt | ... | (uncredited) |
Cinematography by
| Milton Moore | ... | (photography) |
Editing by
| Hugh Wynn | ... | film editor |
Costume Design by
| Sophie Wachner | ... | (costumes by) |
Art Department
| Cedric Gibbons | ... | settings |
| Eric Rohman | ... | poster artist: Sweden |
Additional Crew
| Louis B. Mayer | ... | presenter |
| Gregory Zillboorg | ... | translator: play |
Production Companies
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (produced by) (controlled by Loew's Incorporated)
Distributors
- Metro-Goldwyn Pictures Corporation (1924) (United States) (theatrical) (released through)
- Universum Film (UFA) (1925) (Germany) (theatrical)
- Le Mats Filmbyrå (1925) (Sweden) (theatrical)
- MGM Home Entertainment (1998) (United States) (video) (LaserDisc)
- Image Entertainment (1998) (United States) (video) (LaserDisc)
- Warner Home Video (2010) (United States) (DVD) (dvdr)
- Warner Home Video (2011) (United States) (DVD) (DVD-R included in "Lon Chaney; The Warner Archives Classics Collection")
- The Criterion Channel (2021) (United States) (tv) (digital)
Special Effects
Other Companies
- Theatre Guild (play produced by)
- Turner Entertainment (dvd package design)
- Warner Bros. Entertainment (dvd package design)
Storyline
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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 |
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| Taglines | Victor Seastrom's production of the famous stage play by Leonid Andreyev. (Poster). See more » |
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Box Office
| Budget | $172,000 (estimated) |
Did You Know?
| Trivia | The first film to feature Leo the Lion roaring as MGM's logo. Designed by Howard Dietz, the logo was first used for the Goldwyn Pictures Corporation film Polly of the Circus (1917) and passed to MGM when Goldwyn merged with two other companies to form MGM. Fittingly, a real lion plays a key plot point in the film's story. 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 » |
| Movie Connections | Featured in Twenty Years After (1944). See more » |
| Crazy Credits | 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 » |
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A strange thing, the heart of a man - that loves, suffers, and despairs - yet has courage to hope, believe - and love - again. See more » |