THE MAN WHO LAUGHS (Paul Leni, 1928) Centerpiece Film
Date From July 12, 2008 7:45 PM
Until July 12, 2008 10:00 PM
 
Location
The Castro Theatre
429 Castro St
San Francisco, CA 94114
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Website http://www.silentfilm.org
 
Contact Silent Film Festival
833 Market St
Suite #812
San Francisco, CA 94103
boxoffice@silentfilm.org
 
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Description
Our Centerpiece film is a macabre tale of one man's tortuous struggle for love, brought to life with nightmarish verisimilitude by German Expressionist director Paul Leni. Conrad Veidt ("The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari") is Gwynplaine, an English nobleman's son disfigured by a Gypsy doctor so that his face is fixed in the rictus of a grotesque grin, forever marking him as The Man Who Laughs. Batman creator Bob Kane credited Veidt's hideous make-up as the visual inspiration for The Joker. LIVE ORGAN ACCOMPANIMENT BYCLARK WILSON

CAST: Conrad Veidt, Mary Philbin, Olga Baclanova, Josephine Crowell
DIR: Paul Leni (1927, 109m) 
35mm Print Source:The Library of Congress 

Preceded by short: THE VOICE INVISIBLE/MAKING A RECORD (c.1919, 7m)

Underwritten byMcROSKEY MATTRESS COMPANY   
Program Length: 125m

Admission Price: $15 Member/$17 Non-Member

Notes
Children 12 and under admitted FREE! No ticket necessary.
   


   
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