The Man Who Laughs (1928)
April 27, 1928Release Date
The Man Who Laughs (1928)
April 27, 1928Release Date


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Cast & Crew.

Mary Philbin
Dea

Conrad Veidt
Gwynplaine / Lord Clancharlie

Julius Molnar
Young Gwynplaine

Olga Baclanova
Duchess Josiana

Brandon Hurst
Barkilphedro

Cesare Gravina
Ursus

Stuart Holmes
Lord Dirry-Moir

Sam De Grasse
King James II

Josephine Crowell
Queen Anne

Károly Huszár
Innkeeper

Delmo Fritz
Sword Swallower

George Siegmann
Dr. Hardquanonne

Deno Fritz
Sword Swallower

Henry A. Barrows
Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)

Richard Bartlett
Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)

Les Bates
Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)

Charles Brinley
Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)

Carmen Castillo
Dea's Mother (uncredited)

Allan Cavan
Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)

D'Arcy Corrigan
Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)

Carrie Daumery
Lady-in-Waiting (uncredited)

Howard Davies
Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)

Nick De Ruiz
Wapentake (uncredited)

Louise Emmons
Gypsy Hag (uncredited)

J.C. Fowler
Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)

John George
Dwarf (uncredited)

Jack A. Goodrich
Clown (uncredited)

Charles Hancock
Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)

Lila LaPon
Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)

George Marion
Man at Chatham Prison (uncredited)

Torben Meyer
The Spy (uncredited)

Joe Murphy
Hardquanones Messenger (uncredited)

Edgar Norton
Lord High Chancellor (uncredited)

Broderick O'Farrell
Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)

Lon Poff
Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)

Frank Puglia
Clown (uncredited)

Henry Roquemore
Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)

Templar Saxe
Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)

Allan Sears
Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)

Scott Seaton
Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)

Louis Stern
Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)

Al Stewart
Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)

Anton Vaverka
Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)

Victor Hugo
Novel

Paul Leni
Director

J. Grubb Alexander
Adaptation / Continuity

Bela Sekely
Story Supervisor

Paul Kohner
Production Supervisor

Maurice Pivar
Supervising Film Editor

Gilbert Warrenton
Director of Photography

Edward L. Cahn
Editor

May McLean
Writer

Carl Laemmle
Producer

Sam Perry
Music

Thomas F. O'Neill
Art Direction

Marion Ward
Writer
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Details.
Release DateApril 27, 1928
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 50m
Content RatingNR
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This Movie Is About.
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The Man Who Laughs is a 1928 American synchronized sound romantic drama film directed by the German Expressionist filmmaker Paul Leni. While the film has no audible dialog, it was released with a synchronized musical score with sound effects using both sound-on-disc and sound-on-film processes. The film is an adaptation of Victor Hugo's 1869 novel of the same name, and stars Mary Philbin as the blind Dea and Conrad Veidt as Gwynplaine. The film is known for the grotesque grin on the character Gwynplaine's face, which often leads it to be classified as a horror film. Film critic Roger Ebert stated "The Man Who Laughs is a melodrama, at times even a swashbuckler, but so steeped in expressionist gloom that it plays like a horror film."
The Man Who Laughs is a romantic melodrama similar to films such as The Hunchback of Notre Dame. The film was one of the earliest Universal Pictures films that made the transition from silent films to sound films using the Movietone sound system introduced by William Fox. The film was completed in August 1927 but was set for general release as a "sound" film in October 1928 with sound effects and a musical score which included the song "When Love Comes Stealing".
The film entered the public domain in the United States in 2024.
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