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Freaks
A circus' beautiful trapeze artist agrees to marry the leader of side-show performers, but his deformed friends discover she is only marrying him for his inheritance.
1932 · Directed by Tod Browning · 64 min · Drama · Horror · 14 frames
Tagline
Can a full grown woman truly love a midget?
Crew
- Screenplay: Willis Goldbeck, Leon Gordon
- Cinematography: Merritt B. Gerstad
- Edited by: Basil Wrangell
- Produced by: Irving Thalberg, Tod Browning
Cast
- Harry Earles as Hans
- Olga Baclanova as Cleopatra
- Daisy Earles as Frieda
- Henry Victor as Hercules
- Wallace Ford as Phroso
- Leila Hyams as Venus
- Roscoe Ates as Roscoe
- Angelo Rossitto as Angeleno
- Jerry Austin as Knife-Throwing Dwarf (uncredited)
- Daisy Hilton as Siamese Twin
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: English, French, German
- Studios: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Budget: $310,607
- Themes: infidelity, dwarf, attempted murder, clown, beauty, carnival, romance, revenge, murder, black and white
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