Mr. Laughter

A fantastic work by Alexander Belyaev, a kind of "forerunner" of "The Man Who Has Found His Face." Unemployed mechanical engineer Douglas Spolding is trying to find livelihoods, begins to study the nature and structure of laughter. Perfect for commercial purposes - to sell your invention, "King of Jokes", to the professional comedian BACKFORD. But Backford, whose business, after using Spolding''s discovery, decides not to share his inventories with millions of revenues. And very in vain ...