He Who Gets Slapped
National Film Registry
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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.
Genres
Drama, Horror, Romance
Cast & Crew
DirectorVictor Sjöström
StarringLon Chaney, Norma Shearer, John Gilbert, Ruth King, Marc McDermott
He Who Gets Slapped
National Film Registry
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.
Genres
Drama, Horror, Romance
Cast & Crew
DirectorVictor Sjöström
StarringLon Chaney, Norma Shearer, John Gilbert, Ruth King, Marc McDermott
Rent/Purchase