Mary Philbin

Conrad Veidt

Julius Molnar

Olga Baclanova

Brandon Hurst

Cesare Gravina

Stuart Holmes

Sam De Grasse

Josephine Crowell

Károly Huszár

Delmo Fritz

Deno Fritz

Henry A. Barrows

Richard Bartlett

Les Bates

Charles Brinley

Carmen Castillo

Allan Cavan

D'Arcy Corrigan

Carrie Daumery

Howard Davies

Nick De Ruiz

Louise Emmons

J.C. Fowler

John George

Jack A. Goodrich

Charles Hancock

Lila LaPon

George Marion

Torben Meyer

Joe Murphy

Edgar Norton

Broderick O'Farrell

Lon Poff

Frank Puglia

Henry Roquemore

Templar Saxe

Allan Sears

Scott Seaton

Louis Stern

Al Stewart

Anton Vaverka

Victor Hugo

Paul Leni

J. Grubb Alexander

Bela Sekely

Maurice Pivar

Paul Kohner

Edward L. Cahn

Gilbert Warrenton

Erno Rapee

William Axt

Charles D. Hall

Walter Anthony

David Cox

Vera West

Thomas F. O'Neill

Carl Laemmle

Sam Perry

Jack Pierce

May McLean

Marion Ward

Charles E. Whittaker

Joseph C. Wright

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Romance

Horror

The Man Who Laughs

Universal Pictures

United States of America

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When King James VII (& II) (Sam De Grasse) decides to take revenge on one of his treacherous nobles, he visits the most abhorrent of gifts on his young son. A grin. Cut into his face so that he may always be able to laugh at the thought of his father's betrayals! Pretty swiftly, that king is deposed and the youngster grows up to be "Gwynplaine" (Conrad Veidt). He, in turn, rescues the blind young "Dea" (Mary Philbin) and together they grow up with "Ursus" (Cesare Gravina) as their protector-cum-philosophiser! Besotted, the marked man hides his visage behind a dark cloak certain this his increasing love of "Dea" can never be reciprocated. All the while, Queen Anne (Josephine Crowell) now reigns and thanks to her manipulative jester "Barkilphedro" (Brandon Hurst) - who also worked for the former king, and his puppet-master the rather malevolent "Duchess Josiana" (Olga Baclanova) "Gwynplaine" is introduced to the Stuart court. That's a viper's nest of intrigues and game-playing, presided over by the shrewd and domineering monarch - and soon he becomes embroiled in a plot that could lead to his own destruction whilst he struggles to retain his own sense of decency and, of course, the affections of his love. It's a standard historical story of betrayal and retribution, this - but the photography and direction do really help it stand out. The initial scenes with the "iron lady" - a weapon of torture whose presence prevails throughout - are effective, and Weidt and his piercing eyes (well lit, too) focus the attention well as his character comes to terms with the wrongs done in the past and his options for the future. Some of the scenes are quite intimate and almost provocatively shot, and the settings generally are perfectly matched to the increasingly Machiavellian and sometimes quite amusing plotting that still leaves room for an unfolding love story that avoids sentimentality and delivers with grit and realism a dark depiction of early 17th century British politics.

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