He Who Gets Slapped (1924) 720p Silent Lon Chaney, Norma Shearer, John Gilbert

A bitter clown endeavors to rescue the young woman he loves from the lecherous count who once betrayed him. After Baron Regnard (Marc MacDermott) steals both his greatest invention and his wife, scientist Paul Beaumont (Lon Chaney) loses all selfregard and joins a circus sideshow to become the most famous clown in France, known as He Who Gets Slapped by other clowns. When Paul falls in love with bareback rider Consuelo (Norma Shearer), she and her partner, Brazo (John Gilbert), mock him. He is heartbroken, but determined to shield Consuelo when Regnard shows sudden romantic interest in her.