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Lon Chaney.
Photograph: Silent Era image collection.
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Laugh, Clown, Laugh
(1928) United States of America
B&W : Feature film
Directed by Herbert Brenon
Cast: Lon Chaney [Tito Beppi], Bernard Siegel [Simon], Loretta Young [Simonetta], Cissy FitzGerald (Cissy Fitzgerald) [Giancinta], Nils Asther [Count Luigi Ravelli], Gwen Lee [Lucretia]; Robert Brower [the stage manager], Emmett King [the doctor], Julie DeValora [the nurse], Helena Dime [a woman at Luigi’s party], Carl M. Leviness [a party guest], Mickey McBan [the oldest boy at Tito’s death], Frankie Genardi [a little boy at Tito’s death], Lilliana Genardi [a little girl at Tito‘s death], Betsy Ann Hisle [a little girl at Tito’s death], Alfred Adeline [Chaney’s stunt double], Leo Feodoroff, Fay Webb
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures Corporation production; distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Distributing Corporation. / Produced by Irving Thalberg. Scenario by Elizabeth Meehan, from a play by David Belsaco and Tom Cushing. Set design by Cedric Gibbons. Costume design by Gilbert Clark. Assistant directors, Ray Lissner and Will Sheldon. Cinematography by James Wong Howe. Film editor, Marie Halvey. Intertitles written by Joseph Farnham. Theme song “Laugh, Clown, Laugh” by Ted Fiorito (music) and Lewis and Young (lyrics). / Premiered 5 May 1928 in New York, New York. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Young’s film debut. / Silent film.
Drama.
Survival status: Print exists.
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Clowns
Listing updated: 8 December 2024.
References: Film viewing : Kobal-Fifty p. 50; Lahue-Gentlemen p. 59; Marrero-Vintage p. 22; Paris-Brooks p. 98; Sweeney-Coming p. 126; Vermilye-Twenties p. 17; Weaver-Twenty p. 77 : ClasIm-312 p. 67 : Website-IMDb.
Home video: DVD.
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