He Who Gets Slapped

He Who Gets Slapped

72 mins | Drama, Thriller, Romance | Dec. 22, 1924

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 his life yet again.

He Who Gets Slapped

72 mins | Drama, Thriller, Romance | Dec. 22, 1924

He Who Gets Slapped
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 his life yet again.
IMDb rating 7.7
Producers Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Original title He Who Gets Slapped
Directors Victor Sjöström
Writers Leonid Andreyev, Carey Wilson, Victor Sjöström

Cast

Lon Chaney

as Paul Beaumont aka HE

Norma Shearer

as Consuelo

John Gilbert

as Bezano

Ruth King

as Marie Beaumont

Marc McDermott

as Baron Regnard

Ford Sterling

as Tricaud

Tully Marshall

as Count Mancini

Edward Arnold

as Extra (uncredited)

Paulette Duval

as Zinida (uncredited)

Brandon Hurst

as A Clown (uncredited)

Toby Wing

as Playing Child (uncredited)

Pierre Watkin

as Spectator in Audience at HE's Final Performance