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He Who Gets Slapped
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.
- Genre: Drama, Thriller, Romance
- Studio: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Keyword: circus, clown, clowning, based on play or musical, love, remake, tragedy, betrayal, unrequited love, silent film, betrayal by friend, slap, circus clown, circus performer
- Cast: Lon Chaney, Norma Shearer, John Gilbert, Ruth King, Marc McDermott, Ford Sterling