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He Who Gets Slapped ( 1924 )

★7.6 /10 _(97.0)

72 min ● Dec 22, 1924 ● English

Overview

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.

Top Cast

Lon Chaney

Paul Beaumont

Norma Shearer

Consuelo

John Gilbert

Bezano

Ruth King

Marie Beaumont

Marc McDermott

Baron Regnard

Ford Sterling

Tricaud

Tully Marshall

Count Mancini

Edward Arnold

(uncredited)

Paulette Duval

Zinida (uncredited)

Brandon Hurst

Clown (uncredited)

Toby Wing

Playing Child (uncredited)

Pierre Watkin

Spectator at Final Performance (uncredited)

Bela Lugosi

Extra (uncredited)

Clyde Cook

Clown (uncredited)