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.
Not for warmth, uplift or comfort.
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Lon ChaneyPaul Beaumont
Norma ShearerConsuelo
John GilbertBezano
Ruth KingMarie Beaumont
Marc McDermottBaron Regnard
Ford SterlingTricaud
Tully MarshallCount Mancini
Edward Arnold(uncredited)
Paulette DuvalZinida (uncredited)
Brandon HurstClown (uncredited)
Toby WingPlaying Child (uncredited)
Pierre WatkinSpectator at Final Performance (uncredited)
Bela LugosiExtra (uncredited)
Clyde CookClown (uncredited)Pick a department, or search for a name or a job (“editor”, “stunt”).
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GoodWatch score 74December 22, 1924 · 1 h 12 min · NR
All Part of the Show, Anguished Declaration of Love, Arranged Marriage +9
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In the United States, He Who Gets Slapped streams on Eternal Family, and it is free with ads on Plex, JustWatch TV Free, Public Domain Movies, Fawesome, Mometu, and Tubi TV. It also streams in 138 other countries.
Mostly, it's well received, with a GoodWatch score of 79 (IMDb 7.7).
It suits a quiet night in as a couple: romance is 6 of 10, but the viewing guide doesn't list it for date night.
Probably not: the title analysis rates it 9 of 10 for bleakness and 9 for melancholy, against 1 for hopefulness.
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