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Tuesday, April 29, 2026

No Joke!

Bob Kane claims that actor Conrad Veidt’s appearance in a 1928 silent film inspired the creation of The Joker!


— C. Yoe (in the funny papers)

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This entry was posted on Tuesday, April 29th, 2008 at 12:05 am.
Posted in video, Weird But True | 4 Comments »

4 Responses to “No Joke!”

  1. Michael Burton Says:
    April 29th, 2008 at 3:18 am

    “The Man Who Laughs,” I’ll bet!

    In “Casablanca,” Conrad Veidt played the German Major Strasser, who — (SPOILER ALERT!) — has been shot! Major Strasser is tenacious — he never lets go of that phone.

  2. D. J. David B. Says:
    April 30th, 2008 at 9:43 am

    Any chance of seeing that image?

  3. Michael Burton Says:
    April 30th, 2008 at 10:42 am

    There’s a very Joker-ish looking poster for “The Man Who Laughs” at imdb.com.

  4. Michael Burton Says:
    April 30th, 2008 at 5:01 pm

    Here’s another photo.

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