Paramount’s SmileMovie is the latest fright flick to benefit from a sinister grin, but the granddaddy of all scary smile films dates back to 1928
, in theaters Sept. 30, is the latest fright flick to benefit from a sinister grin. But the granddaddy of all scary smile films dates back to 1928, when Universal Pictures releasedThe studio had success with another Hugo novel,, which it had adapted into a Lon Chaney showcase in 1923.
Chaney would physically transform once again into a deformed gothic antihero — this time, Gwynplaine, a nobleman’s son who is hideously disfigured when the king orders a permanent smile carved into his face. But the project was sidelined because of a rights issue, and Chaney instead made 1925’s, based on the 1910 Gaston Leroux novel.
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