He Who Gets Slapped
1924
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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.
Key facts
Original language
English
Production companies
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Based on
He Who Gets Slapped
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Festival History
- L'Étrange Festival 2020
- National Film Preservation Board 2017 generic
- Boston Society of Film Critics Awards 2014 generic
- Telluride Film Festival 2013 generic
- Trieste Science+Fiction Festival 1977 generic - Retrospective: Fant'America – Tod Browning / Lon Chaney
Titles
| Original title | He Who Gets Slapped | |
| Alternate title | Larmes de clown | |
| Alternate title | Celui qui reçoit des giffles |
Source: Cinémathèque québécoise, linked catalogue data (CC BY 4.0)
