Paul Beaumont, aka HE
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Jun 17, 2024 · Dissolve to the present, where Beaumont is now known as HE (both letters uppercase) and is a circus clown whose act consists of being slapped “a hundred times a night”. Into his life comes a performer called Consuelo (Norma Shearer), the daughter of a down-on-his-luck Count (Tully Marshall), another aristocrat with no moral compass.
- Victor Sjöström
2 days ago · A chilling study of humiliation and obsession, blending circus-world spectacle with symbolism and philosophical undertones, HE Who Gets Slapped was Swedish master Victor Sjöström’s second Hollywood film. This is a tale of the fickleness of social status and a treatise on “man as clown”.
Jun 22, 2024 · Lon Chaney was heart-wrenching in He Who Gets Slapped, a riveting, brilliant film that ranks among the finest silent films I've ever seen. His character's pain and heartbreak was always palpable, and the film's unsparing climax was both grim and satisfying.
6 days ago · Lon Chaney starred in He Who Gets Slapped (1924), playing a vengeful clown. The film was the first made, and one of the first to be released, by the newly formed Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios.
Jun 12, 2024 · Sjöström’s second American feature, He Who Gets Slapped, continues our spotlight on “filmigration”, as does J’ai tué!, a French production featuring Japanese star Sessue Hayakawa, then on self-imposed exile from Hollywood allegedly due to rising anti-Japanese sentiment.
Jun 29, 2024 · Between He and Gentlemen Learn with flashcards, games, and more — for free.
Jun 17, 2024 · The U.S. Library of Congress has a National Preservation Board which inducts films into a National Film Registry Listing, which began in 1989. The registry aims to "make America's film heritage" available and was established in 1988 through the National Film Preservation Act.
