1924 · 72 min · Drama, Thriller, Romance
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.
Directed by Victor Sjöström. Starring Lon Chaney, Norma Shearer, John Gilbert, Ruth King and Marc McDermott.
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