Talk:The Man Who Laughs (1928 film)

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When loves comes...[edit]

Does anyone know the true title of this song? I've heard variations of it either being "When Love Comes Stealing" or "Whne Loves Comes Smiling". The second one sounds more appropriate but I have no idea which one it really is as several sources claim it's each other. Anyone want to help out on this? Andrzejbanas 12:53, 11 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Copyright[edit]

The film premiered in the United States prior to 1964. Is the copyright renewal information for the film available? --Damian Yerrick (talk | stalk) 17:12, 9 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Image[edit]

The most distinctive characteristic of this movie is the image of Veidt with a fixed, artificial, exaggerated grin. So what image does this article show? Veidt with a covering over his mouth.Lestrade (talk) 02:40, 6 December 2009 (UTC)Lestrade[reply]

The image should reflect the genre. This film is often mis-labeled as being a horror film which it is not. The character's fixed smile would manipulate this. In the film it's often covered up anyways. Andrzejbanas (talk) 21:37, 7 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Cast member missing![edit]

Olga Baclanova played the part of Duchess Josiana, but is she nor her character is mentioned in the Cast Listings. 2603:7000:E143:F600:CD4B:F4CE:9D36:26E1 (talk) 21:14, 24 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]

The movie is getting into Public Domain in January 2024.[edit]

"The Man Who Laughs, a 1928 film that helped inspire the creation of iconic Batman villain The Joker, will enter the public domain on Monday, January 1. So far, most of the commentary around this year's public domain offerings centers on Mickey Mouse and Steamboat Willie, but there are other major books, movies, and characters set to lose copyright protection in 2024 as well, including Tigger (whose first appearance in a Winnie-the-Pooh story came 95 years ago) and feature films starring Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton, and the Marx Brothers, among many others. With The Man Who Laughs, the story and characters will finally appear in the public domain, decades after aspects of the movie started to be used in a very public domain-like way."[1]

There are complete or almost complete copies of this movie in Internet Archive. Here the links

https://archive.org/details/themanthatlaughs

https://archive.org/details/the-man-who-smiles-stab-chf-3-prob-3

https://archive.org/details/the-man-who-laughs-1928-2647075785379

So... people, give a check on it and see which one can go to commons. Goliv04053 (talk) 00:39, 1 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]