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 aga...
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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It's funny. The inspiration for the Joker was of a man who had a "Glasgow Smile", while the cartoons, comics, and Tim Burton film gave him a "Permanent Smile". And finally, in what may be the Joker's LAST live action appearance, The Joker is NOW given a "Glasgow Smile".... WEIRD!!!
Conrad Viedt was such a handsome man. You should see him in The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, too. Of course, his character is much darker in that movie but still... Great actor!
Something with silent films really scares me! Maybe it's because it has those two scary elements, the music, and the visual, but none of the talking to relax you at all, it's just a bunch of tension building up! I have never seen any silent 'horror' films before this one, only parts of some, I've never tried to because to tell you the truth they are usually too scary, all the silence yet fright, creeeepy. Scary movies back then are so much better than now, they actually have INTERESTING stories!
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