He Who Gets Slapped (1924) | Directed by Victor Sjöström- Full Movie

A bitter clown endeavors to rescue the young woman he loves from the lecherous count who once betrayed him.Show more

He Who Gets Slapped is a 1924 American silent romantic dark comedy psychological thriller film starring Lon Chaney, Norma Shearer, and John Gilbert, and directed by Victor Sjöström. The film is based on the Russian play Тот, кто получает пощёчины ("He Who Gets Slapped", transliterated as Tot, kto polučájet poščóčiny) by playwright Leonid Andreyev, which was completed by Andreyev in August 1915, two months before its world premiere at the Moscow Art Theatre on October 27, 1915. A critically successful Broadway production, using an English language translation of the original Russian by Gregory Zilboorg, was staged in 1922. The Russian original was made into a Russian movie in 1916.

He Who Gets Slapped was the first film produced entirely by the newly formed Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. It was not, however, MGM's first released movie, as the film was held until the Christmas season when higher attendance was expected. The movie was highly profitable and critically hailed. It was also the first film to feature Leo the Lion as the mascot for MGM. Previously, Leo appeared in the logo for Goldwyn Pictures Corporation in 1916, and the trademark was retained by MGM when the companies merged.

Directed by: Victor Sjöström
Screenplay by: Victor Seastrom, Carey Wilson
Based on: Тот, кто получает пощёчины by Leonid Andreyev
Produced by: Victor Sjöström, Irving Thalberg (uncredited)
Starring: Lon Chaney, Norma Shearer, John Gilbert
Cinematography: Milton Moore
Edited by: Hugh Wynn
Music by: William Axt
Distributed by: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (as A Metro-Goldwyn Picture)
Release date: November 9, 1924 (United States)
Running time: 95 minutes
Country: United States
Languages: Silent film, English intertitles
Budget: $172,000
Box office: $881,000