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Lon Chaney.
Photograph: Silent Era low-res collection. |
Laugh, Clown, Laugh
(1928) American
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]; Emmett King [doctor], Julie DeValora [nurse], Helena Dime [woman at Luigi’s party], Leo Feodoroff
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. Theme song “Laugh, Clown, Laugh” by Ted Fiorito (music) and Lewis and Young (lyrics). Intertitles by Joseph Farnham. Edited by Marie Halvey. / Premiered 5 May 1928 in New York, New York. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.37:1 format. / Young’s film debut. / Silent film.
Drama.
Survival Status: Print exists.
Keywords: Clowns
Listing updated: 18 July 2008.
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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