The Man Who Laughs (1928) Eureka

[Dailyan]

New Announcement! Victor Hugo’s THE MAN WHO LAUGHS; one of the most iconic and influential silent films of all time, starring Conrad Veidt and Mary Philbin; will be released on 17 August 2020 for the first time on Blu-ray in the UK. Presented from Universal’s 4K restoration, as part of The Masters of Cinema Series, featuring a Limited-Edition O-Card Slipcase (First Print Run of 2000 units only]. Available to PRE-ORDER now from the Eureka Store https://eurekavideo.co.uk/movie/the-man-who-laughs/ Amazon https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/...d179adf35bb31f Zavvi https://www.zavvi.com/blu-ray/the-ma.../12596373.html

BLU-RAY SPECIAL FEATURES:
LIMITED EDITION O CARD (2000 UNITS) | 1080p presentation on Blu-ray from Universal’s 4K restoration | Uncompressed LPCM 2.0 (stereo) score by the Berklee School of Music | Uncompressed LPCM 2.0 (mono) 1928 movietone score | A brand new interview with author and horror expert Kim Newman | A brand new video essay by David Cairns | PAUL LENI AND “THE MAN WHO LAUGHS” – featurette on the production of the film | Rare stills gallery | A collector’s booklet featuring new writing by Travis Crawford, and Richard Combs

[CrockettandTubbs]

Perfect - always wanted a good presentation of this (a film I've never seen before)

[bonehica]

I've always been interested in this, but the Flicker Alley release almost never goes on sale and is a bit pricey. Might have to pull the trigger on this one, though. With free global shipping straight from Eureka, this should be cheaper.

[Alfred E. Neumann]

I hope it's with the corrected Movietone score (Flicker Alley), the french Blu-ray was out of sync.

[ElGranBluchadore]

Excellent.

[Aclea]

Originally Posted by Dailyan

Separated at birth?

[drterror666]

I only wish they'd filmed the downbeat ending! Amazing film, though!

[Fnord Prefect]

Originally Posted by Aclea

Separated at birth?

[Show spoiler]

Now you mention it...

[UpsetSmiley]

EUREKA!! Err I mean, yes! That's another off my wishlist, glad I held off buying the Flicker Alley release. Best news in a while.

[Cremildo]

A drop-dead gorgeous packaging.

[scala]

I'm obviously very behind the times as I thought this was a lost film.

[Surge92]

Now if MoC can just put out Waxworks, The Cat and the Canary (1927) and The Student of Prague, we'll be set.

[Aclea]

Preferably all the silent versions of Prague - the restored and export cuts of the 1913 version (on English-friendly DVD in Germany) and the 1926 version.

[McCrutchy]

Ordered my copy, it looks like it will be brilliant.

Originally Posted by Aclea

Separated at birth?

[Show spoiler]

"You'll be hearing from my solicitor about this!"

[justwannaboogie]

Originally Posted by Aclea

Separated at birth?

The DAN Who Laughs?

[Aclea]

Or The Dan! Dan! Dan! DAN! DAN!! DAN!!! DAN!!! DAN!!!! DAN!!! Who Laughs.

[StarDestroyer52]

I'll probably double dip and get this title eventually but I'm not in a hurry since I own the Flicker Alley version. Wonder if this means Eureka will also release Leni's The Last Warning too? I believe The Cat and the Canary needs a lot of work before being BluRay quality.

[Killer Meteor]

Originally Posted by scala

I'm obviously very behind the times as I thought this was a lost film.

I don't think it was ever lost.

[havalina]

Originally Posted by scala

I'm obviously very behind the times as I thought this was a lost film.

You might be thinking of London After Midnight. Some of the promo photos are kind of similar with the big unhappy smile.

That one's Lon Chaney. I always think it's Lon Chaney in The Man Who Laughs but it's not, although I think it was originally intended to be.

[StarDestroyer52]

Originally Posted by havalina

You might be thinking of London After Midnight. Some of the promo photos are kind of similar with the big unhappy smile.

That one's Lon Chaney. I always think it's Lon Chaney in The Man Who Laughs but it's not, although I think it was originally intended to be.

Easy way to remember that this one doesn’t have Lon Chaney is to remember at the time this film was released he was under contract at MGM. London After Midnight was lost during the MGM Vault Fire in the 1960s in which Garbo’s The Divine Woman was also lost except for the two small fragments which I think are about 9 minutes and was included on the Garbo 3 Film Silents DVD as an extra. Though not too many Universal silents had a happy fate during the late 1940s as I believed many were junked by the new ownership group Universal-International.