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The Russian original was made into a Russian movie in 1916. He Who Gets Slapped was the first film produced entirely by the newly formed Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. It was not, however, MGM's first released movie, as the film was held until the Christmas season when higher attendance was expected. The movie was highly profitable and critically hailed.
He Who Gets Slapped: Directed by Victor Sjöström. With Lon Chaney, Norma Shearer, John Gilbert, Ruth King. A bitter clown endeavors to rescue the young woman he loves from the lecherous count who once betrayed him.
- (4.3K)
- Drama, Romance, Thriller
- Victor Sjöström
- 1924-12-22
Rent He Who Gets Slapped on Prime Video, or buy it on Prime Video. After Baron Regnard (Marc MacDermott) steals both his greatest invention and his wife, scientist Paul Beaumont (Lon Chaney) loses ...
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- Victor Sjöström
- Drama
- Lon Chaney
Sep 20, 2019 · to support our non-profit mission and the legacy of silent movie stars by making a tax deductible contribution. FEEL FREE TO FOLLOW US ON TWITTER @SilentFilmGems "He Who Gets Slapped" is a critically acclaimed drama, in which Lon Chaney delivers another very strong acting performance in the year after he made "The Hunchback of Notre Dame".
Lon Chaney stars in He Who Gets Slapped (1924), the first movie made entirely under the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer banner, and the first to feature the MGM lion. It was also Irving Thalberg's first "all-star" production at the studio, where the young executive had just assumed the position of first vice president and supervisor of production under studio head Louis B. Mayer.
- Victor Seastrom
- Lon Chaney
A bitter clown endeavors to rescue the young woman he loves from the lecherous count who once betrayed him. 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 ...
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Dec 31, 2014 · He Who Gets Slapped is a 1924 film starring Lon Chaney, Norma Shearer, and John Gilbert.[1][2] It was directed by Victor Sjöström. The film is based on the Russian play ТоÑ, кÑо полÑÑÐ°ÐµÑ Ð¿Ð¾ÑÑÑÐ¸Ð½Ñ ("He Who Gets Slapped", transliterated as Tot, kto poluchayet poshchechini) by playwright Leonid Andreyev, which was published in 1914 and in ...
