He Who Gets Slapped (1924)
Drama | 22 December 1924
Cast:
Lon Chaney, Norma Shearer, John Gilbert [ More ]Director:
Victor SeastromWriters:
Carey Wilson, Victor SeastromProducer:
Louis B. MayerCinematographer:
Milton MooreEditor:
Hugh WynnProduction Company:
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Corp.According to the Aug 1924—Jan 1925 Motion Picture Magazine, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer postponed other projects to expedite production of He Who Gets Slapped, after obtaining motion picture rights to the 1922 stage production. An item in the 8 Aug 1924 FD reported the recent completion of principal photography.
An advertisement published in the 29 Nov 1924 Moving Picture World announced that the film broke box-office records at the Capitol Theatre in New York City, taking in $70,468.05 during its first week of release.
The Jun 1924 The Educational Screen listed He Who Gets Slapped as one of “The Ten Best [Films] for 1924-25.”
He Who Gets Slapped was restored by Martin Scorsese's The Film Foundation with support from the George Eastman House. ...
According to the Aug 1924—Jan 1925 Motion Picture Magazine, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer postponed other projects to expedite production of He Who Gets Slapped, after obtaining motion picture rights to the 1922 stage production. An item in the 8 Aug 1924 FD reported the recent completion of principal photography.
An advertisement published in the 29 Nov 1924 Moving Picture World announced that the film broke box-office records at the Capitol Theatre in New York City, taking in $70,468.05 during its first week of release.
The Jun 1924 The Educational Screen listed He Who Gets Slapped as one of “The Ten Best [Films] for 1924-25.”
He Who Gets Slapped was restored by Martin Scorsese's The Film Foundation with support from the George Eastman House.
On the eve of great success, a scientist ("He Who Gets Slapped") loses both his invention and his wife to Baron Regnard, who describes his victim as a fool. He decides to lose himself in the laughter of others and becomes France's most famous clown. Even Consuelo, a bareback rider who loves her partner, Bezano, laughs when He confesses his love for her. Learning that Consuelo's father, Count Mancini, plans her marriage to Baron Regnard, He releases a lion which kills the pair; and, fatally stabbed by Regnard, the clown stumbles and staggers around the circus ring to the delight of the audience. He dies in the arms of Consuelo, who is free to marry ...
On the eve of great success, a scientist ("He Who Gets Slapped") loses both his invention and his wife to Baron Regnard, who describes his victim as a fool. He decides to lose himself in the laughter of others and becomes France's most famous clown. Even Consuelo, a bareback rider who loves her partner, Bezano, laughs when He confesses his love for her. Learning that Consuelo's father, Count Mancini, plans her marriage to Baron Regnard, He releases a lion which kills the pair; and, fatally stabbed by Regnard, the clown stumbles and staggers around the circus ring to the delight of the audience. He dies in the arms of Consuelo, who is free to marry Bezano.
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