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The Man Who Laughs (1928)



Release Date: 4 November 1928 



Runtime: 110 min 



Directed by 

Paul Leni    



Gwynplaine, son of Lord Clancharlie, has a permanent smile carved on his face by the King, in revenge for Gwynplaine's
father's treachery. Gwynplaine is adopted by a travelling showman and becomes a popular idol. He falls in love with the
blind Dea. The king dies, and his evil jester tries to destroy or corrupt Gwynplaine. Unlike in the original story by
Victor Hugo, the lovers escape to France. 

  

Writing credits

J. Grubb Alexander   adaptation 

J. Grubb Alexander   continuity 

Walter Anthony   titles 

Victor Hugo   novel "L'Homme Qui Rit" 

May McLean   uncredited 

Marion Ward   uncredited 

Charles E. Whittaker   uncredited 





Cast  

 Mary Philbin ...  Dea 

 Conrad Veidt ...  Gwynplaine 

 Julius Molnar Jr. ...  Gwynplaine as a child 

 Olga Baclanova ...  Duchess Josiana 

 Brandon Hurst ...  Barkilphedro 

 Cesare Gravina ...  Ursus 

 Stuart Holmes ...  Lord Dirry-Moir 

 Sam De Grasse ...  King James II 

 George Siegmann ...  Dr. Hardquanonne 

 Josephine Crowell ...  Queen Anne 

 Charles Puffy ...  Innkeeper 

 Zimbo the Dog ...  Homo the Wolf (as Zimbo) 

 Henry A. Barrows ...  (uncredited) 

 Richard Bartlett ...  (uncredited) 

 Les Bates ...  (uncredited) 

 Charles Brinley ...  (uncredited) 

 Allan Cavan ...  (uncredited) 

 D'Arcy Corrigan ...  (uncredited) 

 Carmen Costello ...  Dea's Mother (uncredited) 

 Carrie Daumery ...  Lady-in-Waiting (uncredited) 

 Howard Davies ...  (uncredited) 

 Nick De Ruiz ...  Wapentake (uncredited) 

 Louise Emmons ...  Gypsey Hag (uncredited) 

 J.C. Fowler ...  (uncredited) 

 John George ...  Dwarf (uncredited) 

 Jack A. Goodrich ...  Clown (uncredited) 

 Charles Hancock ...  (uncredited) 

 Lila LaPon ...  Featured (uncredited) 

 Torben Meyer ...  The Spy (uncredited) 

 Joe Murphy ...  Hardquanones messenger (uncredited) 

 Edgar Norton ...  Lord High Chancellor (uncredited) 

 Broderick O'Farrell ...  (uncredited) 

 Lon Poff ...  (uncredited) 

 Frank Puglia ...  Clown (uncredited) 

 Henry Roquemore ...  (uncredited) 

 Templar Saxe ...  (uncredited) 

 Allan Sears ...  (uncredited) 

 Scott Seaton ...  (uncredited) 

 Louis Stern ...  (uncredited) 

 Al Stewart ...  (uncredited) 

 Anton Vaverka ...  (uncredited) 



Produced by 

Paul Kohner ....  supervising producer  

  

Original Music by 

William Axt   (uncredited)  

Sam Perry   (uncredited)  

Erno Rapee   (uncredited)  

  

Cinematography by 

Gilbert Warrenton    

  

Film Editing by 

Edward L. Cahn   (as Edward Cahn) 

  

Art Direction by 

Charles D. Hall    

Thomas F. O'Neill   (as Thomas O'Neil) 

Joseph C. Wright   (as Joseph Wright) 

  

Costume Design by 

David Cox    

Vera West    

  

Makeup Department 

Jack P. Pierce ....  makeup artist (uncredited)  

  

Production Management 

Paul Kohner ....  production supervisor  

  

Editorial Department 

Maurice Pivar ....  editorial supervisor  

  

Music Department 

Joseph Cherniavsky ....  musical director (uncredited)  

  

Other crew 

Walter Anthony ....  titles  

Charles D. Hall ....  technical director  

Carl Laemmle ....  presenter  

Lew Landers ....  production staff member (as Louis Friedlander) 

Jay Marchant ....  production staff member  

R.H. Newlands ....  technical researcher (as Prof. R.H. Newlands) 

Thomas F. O'Neill ....  technical director  

Bela Sekely ....  story supervisor (as Dr. Bela Sekely) 

John M. Voshell ....  production staff member  

Joseph C. Wright ....  technical director (as Joseph Wright) 





Trivia for

The Man Who Laughs (1928)

Lon Chaney was originally cast as Gwynplaine, but at the last minute, he withdrew.



Gwynplaine's fixed grin and disturbing clown-like appearance was a key inspiration for comic book talents 'Bob Kane (I)'
and Jerry Robinson in creating Batman's greatest enemy, The Joker.



Gwynplaine's grotesque grin was achieved with prosthesis. Conrad Veidt was fitted with a set of dentures that had metal
hooks to pull back the corners of his mouth. The only scene in which he did not wear the prosthesis is the scene where
he is ravished by the Duchess Josiana.



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User Comments 

6 out of 7 people found the following comment useful. 

An underappreciated classic, 12 August 1999 

Author: MrET from Atlanta, GA USA 



The first time I encountered The Man Who Laughs was a photo in a horror movie catalog that I had when I was a very
easily-spooked 8-year-old. For some reason that grotesque grin frightened me more than the Hunchback, the Phantom of the
Opera, and Nosferatu combined. I couldn't bear to look at it, so I carefully marked the page so that I wouldn't
accidentally catch a glimpse of it. However, if I had actually seen the movie I wouldn't have been frightened at all. I
wouldn't consider The Man Who Laughs a horror movie, but a touching melodrama about a man whose appearance is
horrific.

Gwynplaine is a very sympathetic, likeable character, and Conrad Veidt does an excellent job of conveying his inner
torment and sadness with subtle eye movements and gestures. Gwynplaine's innate goodness is very clear, despite his
macabre appearance. We root for him to overcome all obstacles to find happiness and true love, as we root for the evil
jester Barkilphedro to meet with a bitter end. We are not disappointed. I was impressed with the beautiful
cinematography, which is exceptional for the time. The score and sound effects are used very well, so well that
sometimes you forget that you are watching a silent picture. With the outstanding performances, particularly Veidt's,
this is a classic of silent cinema that deserves to have a much wider audience. 



20 out of 20 people found the following comment useful :-

Watch it twice in a row to take it all in!, 1 October 2003

Author: rmfrom Oil City, PA



This was our first Conrad Veidt experience. The Man Who Laughs is a spellbinding piece of visual art. Veidt's acting is
sensational. I knew the plot of the story and wondered how he would portray feelings of sadness and regret with a
permanent smile carved on his face. After viewing the tape, we were amazed how the emotions exuded from the TV screen.
This is our second Mary Philbin experience and both of us prefer her acting in this movie to her role in The Phantom of
the Opera.

We have viewed silents on the TV screen as well as the big screen. We discovered that there is more of the "larger
than life" emotions projected and felt by the audience through the larger screenings that is somewhat missed on the
27" TV screen. Not so with this performance. My wife and I were both moved to watch it from the beginning...one
more time. 



21 out of 22 people found the following comment useful :-

Pure Classic, 10 August 2001

Author: BB from NC



A young boy is terribly disfigured by roving gypsies by the order of King James II of England as a punishment to one of
his disobeying nobles. The gypsies carve a permanent smile in the young boy's face and then leave him for dead as they
leave for their homeland. The young boy wanders aimlessly for shelter amidst the cold coastline filled with snow, ruins,
and swinging bodies from the hangman's noose in the background. Here he finds an infant..alive..clutched in the frozen
hands of a woman whose husband was hanged. This was the beginning of The Man Who Laughs...and it was so powerfully
filmed that a race of emotions filled me as I watched awe-struck, yet horrified. Paul Leni directed this great film
based on the novel by Victor Hugo. Conrad Veidt plays the grown Gwynplaine who travels around the English countryside
with his adopted parent Ursus the Philosopher and the young Dea, the girl whose life he saved as a baby. Dea has turned
into a blooming young woman, yet blind from her birth. Dea is played very nicely by Mary Philbin, who played in The
Phantom of the Opera(1925) in the female lead. The way Leni has the characters interact is very effective. We can feel
the tension in Veidt's character as he submits to the growing pains of love. We feel his sorrow as he cries through
smiles. The rest of the film involves a royal plot by the queen and her henchman/jester(by the way, Brandon Hurst does a
phenomenal job as this cruel heartless jester) to reinstate some royal property to Gwynplaine so he can be married to a
duchess that the queen does not like. The story is pretty good and one can see where it is going early on, but the way
Leni creates suspense and pathos overpowers any negative defects. The acting all around is very strong. This is a
powerful film on many levels. It is an emotional rollercoaster ride through love, hate, despair, joy, and much more. I
laughed; I cried. The best part though was that the film has a marvelous message about perceptions. Here we have this
character Gwynplaine that smiles outwardly and makes people laugh, but he is full of despair. He cries on the inside.
People should not always be taken at face value. By the way, Bob Kane, the creator of Batman, credits this film and the
character of Gywnplaine for his creation of the Joker. I can see how. Watch this and the silent version of The Bat in
the same evening and you will see what stirred a young Bob Kane's imagination. 



14 out of 14 people found the following comment useful :-

Veidt and Leni and Victor Hugo, 24 July 2000

Author: RK from Chicago



A lord refuses to kiss the hand of King James II, so is doubly punished: he perishes in the "Iron Lady"
[onscreen in a memorably handled sequence] while his son is sent to a surgeon who [offscreen] carves a grin on his face
"so he can forever laugh at his father". Sheltered by a kindly playwright ["like Shakespeare, only much
better!"], the boy grows up to join his troupe of itinerant players as the star attraction: "The Man Who
Laughs". His fortunes lead him to a blind girl, an ambitious duchess, and Queen Anne, who reinstates him to the
nobility, but with further complications.

Conrad Veidt, in a career stretching from CALIGARI to CASABLANCA, always found the emotional authenticity in bizarre
roles. Here, in the familiar 19th century figure of the suffering clown, his performance is transfixing: whether
tremulous as the girl's hand explores his face, or mortified by the laughter of the House of Lords, Veidt's face makes
the role more than a simple martyr: he is man struggling with unjust destiny ["A king made me a clown, a queen made
me a lord, but first God made me a man!"].

Big-hearted and unashamedly dramatic, this is clearly the work of Victor Hugo, rags to riches in scope, offering
consolation in love. The spirit of the French Revolution is very much in the air in this world of cruel privilege and
class antagonism, full of secret doors, dungeons, and volatile mobs. While not as richly populated as Les Miserables and
Hunchback, this adaptation still has spectacular set-pieces and elaborate settings.

Considerably less revolutionary is the conventional portrayal of women: virgin and vamp are the only alternatives. The
former is the blind girl played by Mary Philbin [who had earlier unmasked Lon Chaney's Phantom]. With blond ringlets
arranged to make her face heart-shaped, she edges close to simpering yet rises to genuinely moving moments. The vamp is
Olga Baclanova [who became the blonde tormentor in Tod Browning's FREAKS], here writhing around in a black negligee and
looking startlingly like Madonna.

Today, the films of Paul Leni are hard to track down, but worth the effort. Starting as an art director, Leni developed
his visual command in Berlin; this Germanic style stands out in some beautifully designed compositions, such as a
dynamic night sequence: a ship, full of gypsies being deported, heaves through a furious snowstorm. Yet Leni always
works at the heart of the human values in the story, sustaining intense moments for all his actors. While some scenes
are staged in darkness to rival a film noir, Leni also floods Veidt and Philbin with light, often focusing on one nuance
per shot, an old-fashioned but effective strategy.





10 out of 10 people found the following comment useful :-

Wow, 11 October 1999

Author: f from new orleans, LA



I saw this last night at the New Orleans Film Fest and was blown away. The film has been restored and was shown with a
live octet to boot. The story was complex yet easy to understand and the acting was great. I was amazed at some of the
camera work and film editing for such an early period in film history. It is too bad Leni died so young because he was
headed for greatness. 





12 out of 14 people found the following comment useful :-

Magnificent Classic of Victor Hugo's Novel, 24 September 2006

Author: CC from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil



In 1690, in England, the nobleman Lord Clancharlie returns from his exile to see his young son. The peer is captured by
the cruel King James II and before being killed, he is informed that his beloved son had been sold to the gypsies
Comanchicos that carved a permanent grin on his face. The Cormanchicos abandon the boy in the cold snowing winter, and
while looking for shelter, he finds a baby hold in the arms of her dead mother. He brings the baby with him and they are
welcomed by the philosopher Ursus (Cesare Gravina), who finds that the baby is blind and raises them. Years later,
Gwynplaine (Conrad Veidt) becomes a successful clown, and together with the blind Dea (Mary Philbin), they present plays
for common people. Gwynplaine and Dea are in love for each other, but he refuses to marry her because of his ridiculous
appearance. When the evil jester Barkilphedro (Brandon Hurst) discloses the origin of Gwynplaine, he plots a means to be
rewarded by the Queen, jeopardizing the love of Gwynplaine and Dea.

The Man Who Laughs" is a magnificent classic based on the famous Victor Hugo's novel. The performances of Conrad
Veidt and Brandon Hurst are amazing and there are many touching and heartbreaking scenes. My eyes became wet when the
artists act like the audience cheering for Gwynplaine to spare Dea from the truth. The appearance of the character
Gwynplaine inspired Bob Kane in the creation of "The Joker", one of Batman's greatest enemies. Another point
that I would like to highlight is the resemblance of Madonna, in the beginning of her career, with the Russian actress
Olga Baclanova, who performs daring scenes including of nude with her amoral character of Duchess Josiana. I have never
read Victor Hugo's novel, but it seems that the conclusion in the original story is less optimistic than in this movie,
but anyway I loved this film. My vote is ten.



9 out of 10 people found the following comment useful :-

New York, 19 November 1998

Author: GA from Huntington, NY



This silent horror gem doesn't get many viewings. Conrad Viedt, in his best film role plays an unfortunate memeber of
royality whose mouth is carved in a horrific grin. He winds up in a circus sideshow, where gawkers marvel at his eternal
grin. However, Viedt does such a wonderful performance here, especially with the fact he has the limitation of
expressing inner anquish with eye movements. After the sideshow episode, he falls in love with a blind girl, (Mary
Philbin, recently menaced by "The Phantom Of The Opera") who can't see his grostesque mouth. Paul Leni, who
died of blood poisioning in 1931, keeps the pace of the film active. The late Bob Kane, creator of "Batman"
claims Viedt's character was the inspiration for The Joker. 



7 out of 7 people found the following comment useful :-

Lovely... a must see!!!, 30 March 2007

Author: C from Colombia



I always think that Paul Leni's "The Man Who Laughs" was another silent horror piece with a lot of good ideas
and thrilling scenes. Well... i was not wrong, except in the "horror" thing, and I lack to think of the beauty
that could give me. Actually, "The Man Who Laughs" is one of the best silent films (With "Broken
Blossoms" and "Metropolis") that i have ever seen ever. As too one of the most beautiful films that i
have ever seen too.

The Man Who Laughs, based on Victor Hugo's novel, told us the story of Gwynplaine (Great performance of Conrad Veidt,
who too appeared as Cesare in famous "Cabinet of Dr. Caligari", participate in the first gay themed film in
history "Diffrent from the Others" and "Casabalanca") a man that, when he was little, was operated
by an evil man and now, his face always have a long smile. When he was little, he finds a death mother with a newly born
one, a beautiful girl, but she is blind. Then he finds help, home and food with Ursus. Years later, he grown up, as the
lovely girl, now a beautiful woman named Dea. With Ursus (Now, he is old) go with a fair. For their side there is the
evil Barkilpehdro, who was the responsible of our dear main character's sad circumstances. This evil character do it for
one thing, power... Gwynplaine doesn't know that he could be a powerful man. Now, back with Gwynplaine, we find a big
saddest by him, he don't want to be a clown. And Dea is the only person who see the real Gwynplane. Then we find the
story of a beautiful but evil and rebel duchess (Perfomed perfectly by Olga Baclanova, who appeared too in
"Freaks"),she has as pupil: the evil Barkilphedro. So, what do you think that happen if all this characters
find them in a fair? Just watch it out, and be prepared, because is a thrilling experience.

In my personal opinion, "The Man Who Laughs" is an important piece of the history of cinema, maybe , of their
time too. First of all, the love story is so tender, so beautiful... that i don't think yet that exist such movie!!!
Then, the stages, all the scenario is perfect, makes us to feel what it wants. Is here too another personal opinion, i
think that "The Man Who Laughs" it was early to their time, Paul Leni (Director of "The Cat and the
Cannary" and "Waxworks"). Its just that the movie present topics that in that time was very difficult to
show, or was too (talkin about film technique) novel, or in other word: new. For example, there is a scene when a man
watch through the bolt of a door to the duchess taking a bath, yes it doesn't show her nude, but certainly, what they
show it was much for this time, i think. In film technique i can give a lot of examples, for example, mix of sounds in a
lot of scenes, camera moves... etc... i can put a lot of examples. In few words, "The Man Who Laughs" is a
real masterpiece, a real must see. This is a beautiful film, and i loved it. Try to see it if you have not see it yet.
If you love excellent films, if you love silent films, if you love beautiful films, if you love thrilling films, if you
love touching films... you must see "The Man Who Laughs" 



6 out of 6 people found the following comment useful :-

Gwynplaine, the inspiration for the Joker, 28 September 2006

Author: JK from Brazil



*** This comment may contain spoilers ***



I watched The Man Who Laughs just yesterday, curious to see the character that bob Kane based to create the famous
villain from the Batman series, The Joker.

This movie, originally a novel by Victor Hugo,takes place in England from the seventeenth century, when a young son from
a nobleman is sold to the gypsies Compranchicos(illegal child buyers) that carved a permanent grin on his face. The boy,
named Gwynplaine, is abandoned in the cold snowing winter, and while looking for a shelter, he finds a baby hold in the
arms of her dead mother. He takes the baby with him and finds a nice play to stay with an old man called Ursus, that
raises the baby,who he discover that is blind, and Gwynplaine. Many years later, Gwynplaine works as a clown together
with the blind Dea, that was the little baby he saved. They are both in love with each other, but since Gwynplaine is
always considered a joke by the people because of his grin, he thinks that Dea deserves someone better then him to
marry. But when secrets about Gwynplaine's blood are known by the Queen's jester, his pacific life is going to change
for good.

The story of the romance between Gwynplaine and Dea, remembers me a lot the story of the romance between Cyrano and
Roxane( from ''Cyrano de Bergerac''), where Cyrano, too embarrassed by his large nose and ugly appearance, refuses to
tell the beautiful Roxane about his feelings for her. Not only the ugly looks and the love for a beauty, but also the
fact that both Cyrano and Gwynplaine are good people, makes these characters very similar in many ways to me. 





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A King made me a Clown, A Queen made me a peer, but first God made me a Man!, 20 August 2008

Author: DV from United States



*** This comment may contain spoilers ***



The Man Who Laughs is one of the best love stories of the silent era and it is in essence the best Lon Chaney movie not
starring Lon Chaney. Conrad Veidt gives the performance of his career as Gwynplaine, a man of royal blood who is
punished for the sins of his father. He has a horrible grin carved into his face so he is forever smiling on the outside
or "Laughing at his fool of a father" Gwynplaine is given this horrible scar by the infamous gypsies the
Comprachios, he is abandoned by them and is taken in by a carnival traveler called Ursus along with a poor blind baby
who is named Dea. Gwynplaine grows up a shattered man with no sense of pride in his life other than his deep love for
Dea. He feels as if he doesn't deserve Dea and has to become something more than the "clown" the world has
cruelly dubbed him as.

Geez those who think Gwynplaine is the inspiration for the Joker couldn't be farther from the truth. Visually yes but
Gwynplaine is the only truly decent character in this film. The film is also miscorrectly labeled as a horror film, it
is actually a tragedy in my opinion. However the classification of a horror film isn't far off, Paul Leni deeply roots
the set and make-up design in his natural German Expressionism. The shadows and set designs are beautiful and is really
the last example of this masterful method of film-making. No star knows how to better match this than Conrad Veidt, the
star of the masterpiece The Cabinet of Dr Calagari. This performance is breathtaking, every scene he is in he dominates.
His on screen presence is huge and overwhelming in a great way. It's a genuinely touching story and we feel deeply for
Gwynplaine when we might not feel as much for other characters. 

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