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He who gets slapped / Metro Goldwyn Mayer ; Louis B. Mayer presents Victor Seastrom's production ; produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Corporation ; released through Metro-Goldwyn Distributing Corporation ; adapted for the screen by Carey Wilson and Victor Seastrom ; directed by Victor Seastrom ; [produced by Irving Thalberg].
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- Format:
- Conference/Event
- Video
- Conference Name:
- Roger Ebert's Film Festival.
- Series:
- Archive collection
- WB Archive collection
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Andreyev, Leonid, 1871-1919--Film adaptations.
- Andreyev, Leonid.
- Andreyev, Leonid, 1871-1919.
- Scientists--Corrupt practices--Drama.
- Scientists.
- Man-woman relationships--Drama.
- Man-woman relationships.
- Humiliation.
- Circus.
- Clowns.
- Psychology.
- Corruption.
- Adultery--Drama.
- Adultery.
- Clowns--Psychology--Drama.
- Circus--Drama.
- Revenge--Drama.
- Revenge.
- Humiliation--Drama.
- Genre:
- Drama.
- Silent films.
- Feature films.
- Melodramas (Motion pictures)
- Film adaptations.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (72 min.) : silent, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
- 4 3/4 in.
- Place of Publication:
- [Calif.] : Turner Entertainment Co. ; Burbank CA : Warner Bros. Entertainment : Distributed by Warner Home Video, [2010]
- Language Note:
- Silent film with English intertitles and added musical accompaniment.
- System Details:
- DVD-R, NTSC, all regions ; full-screen (1.33:1 aspect ratio) presentation ; Dolby Digital mono.
- digital optical monaural Dolby Digital
- full screen (1.33:1)
- NTSC
- video file DVD-R video all regions
- Summary:
- "Slap him once, slap him 100 times, the Big Top crowd roars. The clown known to delighted throngs as HE has made a comedic art of getting batted around. Life has battered him even more. Behind the mask, HE hides the torment of once being a brilliant scientist whose research and wife were stolen by a colleague. And behind the mask, when the time comes, HE realizes his revenge."--Container.
- Participant:
- Lon Chaney, Norma Shearer, John Gilbert, Ruth King, Marc McDermott, Ford Sterling, Tully Marshall.
- Credits:
- Cinematography, Milton Moore; editor, Hugh Wynn; original music by William Axt.
- Notes:
- "Adapted from Leonid Andreyev's play as produced by The Theatre Guild, Inc., translated by Gregory Zillbourg."
- Videodisc release of the motion picture produced in 1924.
- Shown at the 16th Annual Roger Ebert's Film Festival in 2014.
- "This disc is expected to play back in DVD video "play only" devices, and may not play back in other DVD devices, including recorders and PC drives."
- OCLC:
- 694191565
- Publisher Number:
- 883316289815
- 1000180322 Warner Home Video
- Online:
- View cover art
- Credits from Internet movie database
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