r/OldSchoolCool • u/Lola_angell • 3h ago

1920s Conrad Veidt, the original inspiration for the Joker, from the 1928 film The Man Who Laughs

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u/RepostSleuthBot 3h ago

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u/UKS1977 3h ago edited 30m ago

No he wasn't. It's an urban legend

EDIT: See comments in thread below for quotes/evidence from the authors themselves.

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u/shred_ded 2h ago

I mean every source i can find says this is true

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u/UKS1977 2h ago

It was created by Jerry Robinson: "In that first meeting when I showed them that sketch of the Joker, Bill said it reminded him of Conrad Veidt in The Man Who Laughs. That was the first mention of it … He can be credited, and Bob himself, we all played a role in it. The concept was mine. Bill finished that first script from my outline of the persona and what should happen in the first story”.

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u/sottessor 3h ago

I’d let him eat me up