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Feb 15, 2020 · Paul Leni’s 1928 film, The Man Who Laughs, based on Victor Hugo’s novel of the same name, is a work which explores and castigates class conflict and caste systems through the conduit of external appearance and internal motivations and sensibilities. Leni delves into this concept especially through the character of Gwynplaine, a man who was disfigured as a child so that he wears a permanent grimace, an expression which is referred to throughout the film as one which laughs, a peculiar and ...
Passed | 108 min | Comedy, Horror, Mystery. Relatives of an eccentric millionaire gather in his spooky mansion on the 20th anniversary of his death for the reading of his will. Director: Paul Leni | Stars: Laura La Plante, Creighton Hale, Forrest Stanley, Tully Marshall. Votes: 3,298 | Gross: $0.33M.
Sep 14, 2021 · ReFocus: the films of Paul Leni by Erica Tortolani and Martin F. Norden, Edinburgh, Edinburgh University Press, 2021, 288 pp., £85.00 (hardback), ISBN 9781474454513
ReFocus: The Films of Paul Leni picks up where most silent-film scholarship has left off. The first volume in English on the life and career of Paul Leni, 6 it covers the scope of the German director’s multifaceted career and offers new perspectives on his films, both well-known and obscure. It examines many never- before explored dimensions ...
Nov 9, 2020 · Paul Leni’s silent film Waxworks (1924) is a brilliantly acted, engaging, and exhilarating example of German Expressionism on film. By. Lee Broughton / 18 May 2021 . Waxworks (as ...
Jun 30, 2022 · ReFocus: The Films of Paul Leni. Edited by Erica Tortolani and Martin F. Norden. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2021. 288 pages + 27 b/w illustrations. £85.00 / $110.00 hardcover or e-book.
