The Man who Laughs (1928)




Conrad Veidt, Mary Philbin - The Man who Laughs




When a proud noble refuses to kiss the hand of the despotic King James in 1690, he is cruelly executed and his son surgically disfigured.


Vintage magazines

Photoplay , March 1928
Photoplay , March 1928
Photoplay , May 1928


Books with substantial mentioning of The Man who Laughs

John T. Soister and Henry Nicolella
American silent horror, science fiction and fantasy feature films, 1913-1929
Jefferson, N.C., 2012

Robert K. Klepper
Silent Films, 1877-1996, A Critical Guide to 646 Movies
Jefferson, North Carolina and London, 1999

William K. Everson
Klassiker des Horrorfilms
München, 1982

William K. Everson
Classics of the Horror Film, From the days of the Silent Screen to The Exorcist
Secaucus, NJ, 1974

Books with an entry on The Man who Laughs

Robert B. Connelly
The Motion Picture Guide, Silent Film 1910-1936
Chicago, 1986