clowns — settima https://write.underworld.fr/settima/tag:clowns @settima@mograph.social Thu, 12 Nov 2026 13:19:37 +0100 Yoyo (Pierre Étaix, 1965) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-gb2c <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Yoyo (Pierre Étaix, 1965)/div div class="month" Oct/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 29/div div class="occasion" 1929/div div class="img" Yoyo (1965).png)/div div class="caption" One of multiple dates in the film. A circus poster featuring Yoyo with the caption ON 2 SEPTEMBER 1942) THE WAR BREAKS OUT. October 29, 1929, was of course the date of the Wall Street Crash. DP: Jean Boffety./div div class="txt"   /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #October #PierreÉtaix #ClaudineAuger #PhilippeDionnet #LuceKlein #PierreMoncorbier #FernandGuiot #WilliamCoryn #AnnieSavarin #JeanPaillaud #JeanBoffety #comedy #drama #romance #circus #animals #clowns #France #1960s ★★★½/div /section ]]>

Yoyo (Pierre Étaix, 1965)

Oct

29

1929

Yoyo (1965)

One of multiple dates in the film. A circus poster featuring Yoyo with the caption ON 2 SEPTEMBER 1942 THE WAR BREAKS OUT. October 29, 1929, was of course the date of the Wall Street Crash. DP: Jean Boffety.

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-gb2c Thu, 29 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0100 The Man Who Laughs (Paul Leni, 1928) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/the-man-who-laughs-1928 <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" The Man Who Laughs (Paul Leni, 1928)/div div class="month" Jan/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 29/div div class="occasion" 1690/div div class="img" The Man Who Laughs (1928)/div div class="caption" A hand-painted carnival banner reading "URSUS ye Philosopher presents THE LAUGHING MAN. Don't fail to see GWYNPLAINE who was deserted at ye age of ten on ye night of ye 29supth/sup of January 1690 by ye Villainous Comprachicos on ye coast of Cornwall. This little boy has grown up and is now known as THE LAUGHING MAN". DP: Gilbert Warrenton./div div class="txt" "What a lucky clown you are! You don't have to wipe off your laugh." ### /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #January #PaulLeni #VictorHugo #MaryPhilbin #ConradVeidt #OlgaBaclanova #CesareGravina #GilbertWarrenton #BookAdaptation #clowns #circus #drama #horror #HumanMarvels #PreCode #USA #1920s ★★★★☆/div /section ]]>

The Man Who Laughs (Paul Leni, 1928)

Jan

29

1690

The Man Who Laughs (1928)

“What a lucky clown you are! You don't have to wipe off your laugh.”

#FilmDuJour #January #PaulLeni #VictorHugo #MaryPhilbin #ConradVeidt #OlgaBaclanova #CesareGravina #GilbertWarrenton #BookAdaptation #clowns #circus #drama #horror #HumanMarvels #PreCode #USA #1920s ★★★★☆

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