The man who laughs
(DVD) 

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Richland Hills Public Library - DVDDVD MAN1 Disc + insertOn Shelf

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Subjects

LC Subjects
Blind -- England -- Drama.
DVD-Video discs.
England -- Drama.
Facial expression -- Drama.
Femmes fatales -- England -- Drama.
Great Britain -- Kings and rulers -- Drama.
Historical drama.
Horror films.
Love -- Drama.
Man-woman relationships -- England -- Drama.
Silent films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Local Subjects
New DVD DVDs disc discs.
New movie movies film films.

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Published
New York : Kino International, 2003.
Edition
Full screen version.
Language
None
UPC
738329031022

Notes

General Note
Originally released as a silent motion picture in 1928.
General Note
Based on the novel L'homme qui rit by Victor Hugo.
General Note
Special features include: original documentary on the making of the film; rare home movies of star Conrad Veidt, with Greta Garbo and Emil Jannings; extensive photo and art gallery; excerpts from Victor Hugo's novel; excerpts from the Italian release version with alternate title designs.
Creation/Production Credits
Director of photography, Gilbert Warrenton ; art directors, Charles D. Hall, Thomas O'Neil, Joseph Wright ; editor, Edward Cahn ; costume designers, David Cox, Vera West.
Participants/Performers
Mary Philbin, Conrad Veidt, Julius Molnar, Jr., Olga Baclanova, Brandon Hurst, Cesare Gravina, Stuart Holmes, Sam DeGrasse, George Siegmann, Josephine Crowell, Charles Puffy.
Description
Gwynplaine is doomed to live life wearing a perpetual grin, carved on his face because his father, Lord Clancharlie, offended England's king. Gwynplaine grows up alongside the beautiful but blind Dea and they fall in love. Queen Anne, meanwhile, has ascended the throne and when she learns that the femme fatale, Duchess Josiana, is in possession of the Lord's estates, she decrees that the Duchess must marry Gwynplaine, the rightful heir.
Target Audience
MPAA rating: Not rated.
System Details
DVD, Region 1 encoding, mono.
Language
Intertitles in English.

Citations

APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Alexander, J. G., Leni, P., Philbin, M., Veidt, C., Molnar, J., Jr., Baclanova, O., Hurst, B., Gravina, C., Holmes, S., De Grasse, S., Siegmann, G., Crowell, J., Huszar-Puffy, K., Warrenton, G., Hall, C. D., O'Neil, T., Wright, J., Cahn, E. L., Cox, D., West, V., & Hugo, V. (2003). The man who laughs (Full screen version.). Kino International.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

J. Grubb. Alexander et al.. 2003. The Man Who Laughs. New York: Kino International.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

J. Grubb. Alexander et al.. The Man Who Laughs New York: Kino International, 2003.

Harvard Citation (style guide)

Alexander, J. G., Leni, P., Philbin, M., Veidt, C., Molnar, J., Jr., Baclanova, O. and Hurst, B. et al (2003). The man who laughs. Full screen version. New York: Kino International.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Alexander, J. Grubb., et al. The Man Who Laughs Full screen version., Kino International, 2003.

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