“What did he hide behind his painted smile?”
A despairing clown suffering a broken heart and a self-indulgent count who uncontrollably laughs learn to help each other with their problems, but both fall in love with the same young woman.
Lon Chaney
Tito Beppi
Bernard Siegel
Simon
Loretta Young
Simonetta
Cissy Fitzgerald
Giancinta
Nils Asther
Count Luigi Ravelli
Gwen Lee
Lucretia
Robert Brower
Stage Manager (uncredited)
Julie DeValora
Nurse (uncredited)
Helena Dime
Lady at Luigi's Party (uncredited)
Leo Feodoroff
Minor Role (uncredited)
Frankie Genardi
Little Boy at Tito's Death (uncredited)
Lilliana Genardi
Little Girl at Tito's Death (uncredited)
The Queen
The Talented Mr. Ripley
A Clown in Babylon
Notes on a Scandal
Stranger Than Fiction
Greed
Big Fish
Dumbo
The Human Voice
Magnolia
Saving Flora
Upstream Color
The Illusionist
Desire
Merry Christmas Mr. Mo
Bewakoofiyaan
Everything Everywhere All at Once
The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
The Land Before Time X: The Great Longneck Migration
The Lion King