Directed by:
Victor SjöströmComposer:
William AxtCast:
Lon Chaney, Norma Shearer, John Gilbert, Marc McDermott, Ford Sterling, Tully Marshall, Edward Arnold, Brandon Hurst, Bela Lugosi, Carrie Daumery, Mike Ragan (more)Plots(1)
This compelling and exceptionally well-executed silent drama, from new MGM studio executives Irving Thalburg and producer Louis B. Mayer is based on a highly-regarded Russian play and features the studio's biggest stars, Lon Chaney, John Gilbert and Norma Shearer. Directed by noted Swedish filmmmaker Victor Sjostrom, it is the story of a scientific genius who is humiliated by his philandering wife and a major career set-back. To express his pain, bitterness and anger he becomes a circus clown who seems to enjoy the frequently cruel slapstick antics of his new colleagues. While in the circus, he finds a chance at renewal when he falls for a lovely bareback rider. But will he at last find happiness? Or will tragedy continue to be his closest companion? (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
![Lon Chaney](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/269/269402_075f40.jpg)
Lon Chaney
USA
Best movies:
He Who Gets Slapped (1924)
West of Zanzibar (1928)
The Monster (1925)
![Norma Shearer](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/339/164339184_73a296.jpg)
Norma Shearer
Canada
Best movies:
He Who Gets Slapped (1924)
The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg (1927)
Marie Antoinette (1938)
![John Gilbert](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/276/276203_c6c5a5.jpg)
John Gilbert
USA
Best movies:
He Who Gets Slapped (1924)
Flesh and the Devil (1926)
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925)
![Marc McDermott](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/886/157886191_c28a2e.jpg)
Marc McDermott
Australia
Best movies:
He Who Gets Slapped (1924)
Flesh and the Devil (1926)
The Temptress (1926)
![Ford Sterling](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/276/276305_77b055.jpg)
Ford Sterling
USA
Best movies:
He Who Gets Slapped (1924)
Alice in Wonderland (1933)
![Tully Marshall](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/228/159228276_601c36.jpg)
Tully Marshall
USA
Best movies:
He Who Gets Slapped (1924)
Scarface (1932)
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Through the Ages (1916)
![Edward Arnold](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/404/163404111_895da0.png)
Edward Arnold
USA
Best movies:
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
He Who Gets Slapped (1924)
![Brandon Hurst](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/445/159445116_d4652c.jpg)
Brandon Hurst
UK
Best movies:
He Who Gets Slapped (1924)
Scarface (1932)
The Thief of Bagdad (1924)
![Bela Lugosi](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/168/667/168667384_3984vi.jpg)
Bela Lugosi
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
He Who Gets Slapped (1924)
Ninotchka (1939)
The Phantom Creeps (1949) (TV movie) - a.f.
![Carrie Daumery](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/036/677/36677233_662bae.jpg)
Carrie Daumery
Netherlands
Best movies:
He Who Gets Slapped (1924)
A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935)
The Man Who Laughs (1928)
![Mike Ragan](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/157/160157221_fc9a85.gif)
Mike Ragan
USA
Best movies:
He Who Gets Slapped (1924)
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)
Ride Clear of Diablo (1954)
![Clyde Cook](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/272/161272407_79bc90.jpg)
Clyde Cook
Australia
Best movies:
He Who Gets Slapped (1924)
The Sea Hawk (1940)
The White Cliffs of Dover (1944)
George Davis
Netherlands
Best movies:
Song of Love (1947)
The Circus (1928)
He Who Gets Slapped (1924)