He is lucky to have found a wealthy sponsor in Marc McDermott (as Baron Regnard). We feel the agony of his hopeless love for the lovely bareback rider Consuelo, as well as the seething anger toward the man who ruined his life, the despicable Baron Renard. Chaney once said that he needed a strong director to curb his tendency to overact, and clearly he got what he needed here.
Since Lon Chaney is the greatest character actor of all time, this makes it a must-see (a term I abhor) for everyone. June 4, 2007 5 out of 5 found this helpful. It is a subtle and nuanced performance worth seeing again and again. The direction by Sjostrom is brilliant.
The film is more a tragedy about a decent man who is betrayed and subsequently retreats to the circus--where he plays a clown that is beaten up and mistreated to the delight of the audiences.
Norma Shearer is also quite interesting in this film. At the anticipated meeting of the French Academy, the Baron thoroughly cheats Beaumont out of his just fame.
It turns out, however, the shocking truth that a clown can also have feelings.
TCM aired a print with a synchronized music & effects track (which sounds as if it was recorded maybe in the 1960's or 1970's) on Oct. 30th, 2003, and I was so enthralled with how it looked that I taped it and now have it in my collection. The image is an example of a ticket confirmation email that AMC sent you when you purchased your ticket. Binge Central Especially touching is the scene where Consuelo (Norma Shearer) performs her daily task of sewing HE's "heart" back into his costume after it has been ripped out during his act.
We are never allowed to forget that as horrible as the villain is; the drooling, jeering, sadistic vermin in the circus crowd are worse. This was the first film made by MGM and it was the best choice they could have made. He states that Beaumont was merely a lab assistant.
The way to watch this movie is as a sort of twisted fairy tale. 5 out of 6 found this helpful.
10 out of 13 found this helpful. Plenty of reviews here have provided plot summaries, so I will limit my comments to the things that make this, for me, one of Lon Chaney's finest performances. Getting Lon Chaney from Universal was a very wise choice (it'd be hard to see someone else in the part he played), the supporting cast which included Norma Shearer (future Best Actress Oscar winner), John Gilbert (future star of "The Big Parade" (1925) and "Queen Christina" (1933)), as well as notable character actors Tully Marshall and Ford Sterling, it is nothing short of splendid.
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So the 20s were a battlefield of thematic experimentation.
He is truly extraordinary.
It was as if in this character, he just wasn't quite hitting his usual stride.
But will he at last find happiness?
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Lon Chaney stars as a scientist who early on suffers in two ways: his discoveries are stolen by his benefactor (Marc McDermott), and then his wife (Ruth King) tells him she's leaving him for the same scoundrel.
That also helped big names like Lon Chaney, Norma Shearer and John Gilbert to propel to stardom.
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