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Laugh, Clown, Laugh
The clown who cannot laugh.
What
A 1928 MGM one-sheet for Laugh, Clown, Laugh, directed by Herbert Brenon and produced by Irving G. Thalberg.
Why
It came from the 1923 Belasco and Cushing Broadway play, itself from Fausto Maria Martini's Ridi, Pagliaccio, with Loretta Young in the cast.
Notice
The sheet sells sorrow under greasepaint.
“The sad clown, perfected”
Format
The full-resolution, color-managed file — restored honestly, yours to print and keep.
Sized to protect print quality — this scan supports sizes up to 24x36" cleanly.
Size
$29.00
Provenance
- Film
- Laugh, Clown, Laugh (1928), dir. Herbert Brenon
- Country / studio
- United States · Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Format
- One-sheet (27 × 41 in.)
- Poster published
- U.S. theatrical one-sheet, 1928
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons
Rights: CLEAR. Public domain — U.S. 95-year rule (poster published 1930 or earlier). Gated by the poster’s own publication year, never the film’s. Cleared by registry on 2026-07-18. Star-portrait piece: sold as the artifact, the film named, the star incidental.
The same film, another screen
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The Double Bill
Two one-sheets, hung as a pair — a double feature for your wall, at a pairing price of $270.00 for the two. Build one from any two one-sheets in the gallery.
Pair it in the gallery →A house of the Provenance family