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Laugh, Clown, Laugh
(1928) United States of America
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 [the doctor], Julie DeValora [the nurse], Helena Dime [a 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. Film editor, Marie Halvey. Intertitles written by Joseph Farnham. Theme song “Laugh, Clown, Laugh” by Ted Fiorito (music) and Lewis and Young (lyrics). / Premiered 5 May 1928 in New York, New York. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Young’s film debut. / Silent film.

Drama.

Survival status: Print exists.

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

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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