He Who Gets Slapped ON 2/23 AT |PCM|
In He Who Gets slapped (1924), one of only 32 complete films surviving from leading man Lon Chaney’s career, who by 1924 had been in 133 films, a scientist turned circus clown performs his fall from academic grace and marital cuckolding to riotous applause. Having turned his misery into fame, he is finally brave enough to take another chance on love, only to be brutally reminded of his role in this life.