The Man Who Laughs (1928) 3/11

Directed by Paul Leni

Conrad Veidt - Gwynplaine

Mary Philbin - Dea

Based on the novel by Victor Hugo.

As a young boy Gwynplaine, the son of a disfavoured Lord, becomes the victim of revenge against his father -- the King orders the boy have a permanent smile carved onto is face. Abandoned by his captors in the winter snow, he finds a baby girl in the arms of her dead mother. They are taken in by a travelling freak show and Gwynplaine becomes a popular attraction. As they grow up together, Gwynplaine falls in love with Dea, the child he rescued, who is blind, and she with him. Unaware of his true identity, Gwynplaine becomes unwittingly drawn back into the world of politics that had left him so horrifically scarred many years ago...

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[MadCapAithne]

I especially admire how very kind and sweet Veidt was in life. It makes me respect his performance all the more.

[Fiyerokai]

There are not actors like Conrad anymore. His kind is sorely missed.

Long live the laughing man!

[MaskedMan66]

@MrLiquidjcb13 Watch the earlier part of the movie; 10 year-old Gwynplaine found Dea as a baby in her dead mother's arms and rescued her, then they were both taken in by Ursus.

[MaskedMan66]

@celestialangel61 Yup! And funnily enough, in this movie she's got Christine's right hair color!

[MaskedMan66]

Mary Philbin was just heartbreakingly beautiful, wasn't she?

[MaskedMan66]

How did they ever get a camera mounted on the Ferris Wheel? Them things were huge back then!

[celestialangel61]

Dea is Chrisitne from the Lon Chaney phantom of the opera

[lanumerodiez10]

Is The Duchess , The Lady Who Is In The Water Seen By The Old Mann The Actress Who Comes Out In Charles Chaplin Movies ?

[Bastiest]

Heh, it's hard to tell who'se the laughing man since they all grin just as widely. XD

[xtinared]

@magdasia14 they didn't have tv, internet, radio... there was little entertaiment those days.

[orchideyes1975]

@ 4:14 Speechless.....

[Beccalotte1021]

@MrLiquidjcb13 They are not brother and sister... I mean they did grow up together and were taken care of by the same man but they arent related.