Silent Movie Mondays - He Who Gets Slapped (1924)
Honoring the fascinating history of the Paramount Theatre, which opened its doors in 1928 with a screening of the silent comedy Feel My Pulse, this silent film series continues on October 23 with He Who Gets Slapped. In Victor Sjöström's 1924 thriller, a bitter scientist decides to join the circus (it's complicated) and indulges in some lighthearted humiliation kink (he gets slapped by clowns every night). Tedde Gibson will perform a supplementary score on the theater's Mighty Wurlitzer pipe organ.
by Lindsay Costello