Movies at East Sydney - Laugh, Clown, Laugh (1928)

With live music accompaniment (Mauro Colombis), 75 minutes.
Tickets: $30/$25  
General seating - not reserved or numbered. 
(T 0419 267 318)

Stephen Robertson, cinephile and loyal supporter of the sessions, will introduce the classic.

“In one of his signature roles, Lon Chaney is the despairing circus clown who delights crowds with his performances, all the while coping with the heartache of a love that cannot be. Raising an abandoned child who grows up as a transcendent beauty, played by the Oscar winning Loretta Young, presents the clown

with a soul-destroying vale of tears all while he wears his grotesque clown makeup.

A box office success, critics then and now agreed that the legendary Chaney’s talent brilliantly turned melodrama into heartbreaking tragedy.

Unrequited love ensures that the Pagliacci-like clown’s heart is broken.”

Stellar behind the screen talents powered this late silent wonder, including dual Oscar winning cinematographer, James Wong Howe, with his astonishing camerawork, and art director, Cedric Gibbons, winner of 11 Oscars.