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.

“LAUGH, CLOWN, LAUGH !”—Lionel Barrymore etches powerfully the obverse side of a clown’s life, in a typical Belasco production, including the pet rainstorm. THE LADY—Mary Nash takes the ...