Episode 208: Lon Chaney in He Who Gets Slapped (1924)

It's A Wonderful Podcast · Apr 29, 2022 · 54m

Welcome to It's A Wonderful Podcast!! Taking a long overdue journey back into the silent era on this week's main show as Morgan is joined by Nolan for a slightly shorter episode celebrating the legendary Lon Chaney with particular focus on HE WHO GETS SLAPPED (1924) directed with striking symbolism by Victor Sjostrom!! While The Phantom of the Opera (1925) has been covered on the show previously, it's important to remember that Chaney was much more than the icon of Horror movies he's most remembered as. This is a clever, theatrical, masochistic melodrama; a movie which sees Chaney's character…