After a baron steals his scientific discoveries, runs away with his wife, and slaps him in public, a man joins a Parisian circus sideshow as a clown whose act consists of being slapped repeatedly and becomes infatuated with a showgirl colleague whose father intends to marry her off to the baron.
Directed by: Victor Sjöström
Starring: Lon Chaney, Norma Shearer, John Gilbert, Ruth King, Marc McDermott, Ford Sterling, Tully Marshall, Edward Arnold, Paulette Duval, Brandon Hurst
Genre: Drama, Thriller, Romance
Released: 1924-12-22
Runtime: 72 minutes
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