Lon Chaney
Paul Beaumont, aka HE
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Beaumont is now a clown calling himself "HE who gets slapped", the star attraction of a small circus near Paris. His act consists of his getting slapped every evening by other clowns, and includes HE pretending to present in front of the Academy of the Sciences.
He becomes a clown and performs at the center of a very popular act where he gets slapped in the face by dozens of clowns. He stands before the crowd, trying to speak, but the clowns keep calling him a fool as they line up to slap him.
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.
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- Drama, Romance, Thriller
- Victor Sjöström
- 1924-12-22
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.
- Victor Seastrom
- Lon Chaney
Mancini plans to marry his daughter to Regnard to secure his own fortunes, but "He" learns of their plans and, while they prepare a celebration to announce the engagement, he opens a lion's cage by the only exit from the room they occupy. "He" enters, confronts the baron, and is stabbed by the man.
Dec 24, 2023 · He becomes a clown and performs at the center of a very popular act where he gets slapped in the face by dozens of clowns. He stands before the crowd, trying to speak, but the clowns keep calling...
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He Who Gets Slapped is the story of a scientist whose happiness is destroyed by a friend who steals not only his wife but also the results of his life’s research. The scientist turns bitter and, in desperation, joins a circus as a clown whose popular act is based on being repeatedly slapped.
