🎬 He Who Gets Slapped (1924) | Lon Chaney | Silent Drama | Public Domain | ClassicBox Silent

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🎬 He Who Gets Slapped (1924) | Lon Chaney | Silent Drama | Public Domain | ClassicBox Silent

📌 Genre: Drama / Tragedy / Silent Film
🎥 Director: Victor Sjöström
⭐ Cast: Lon Chaney, Norma Shearer, John Gilbert, Tully Marshall, Marc McDermott
🌍 Silent film with English intertitles.
📺 Public Domain: This film is in the public domain in the United States and can be shared freely.

👉 Synopsis:
A brilliant scientist is betrayed and humiliated, losing everything he loves. He joins the circus as a clown known for being slapped — transforming his pain into performance. He Who Gets Slapped is one of Lon Chaney’s most haunting roles and a landmark in psychological silent cinema.

💡 Trivia:
This was MGM’s first official release as a studio and established Lon Chaney as “The Man of a Thousand Faces.” Its tragic tone, expressionist visuals, and emotional depth made it one of the great silent masterpieces.

🎞️ Restored public domain version — Presented by ClassicBox Silent.

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