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Statutory US Public Domain
1924 Feature
He Who Gets Slapped
Directed by Victor Sjöström → • Production: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
The very first production filmed by the newly formed Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studio, directed by Swedish master Victor Sjöström. Brilliant scientist Paul Beaumont (Lon Chaney) has his research and wife stolen by his patron Baron Regnard (Marc McDermott), transforming his heartbreak into a bitter Parisian circus clown act whose nightly humiliation wins the crowd's laughter.
Runtime
84 minutes
Aspect Ratio
16:9 (Widescreen)
Archival Copies
1 Vault Holding(s)
Classification
Pre-1929 Statutory
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⚖️ Statutory Public Domain Clearance Provenance
First published in 1924 (prior to January 1, 1929). Under United States copyright statute (17 U.S.C. § 304(b)), copyright protection has conclusively expired by operation of law. This motion picture has permanently entered the US Public Domain and is free from copyright restriction.