
The Masque of the Red Death(1964)
A European prince terrorizes the local peasantry while using his castle as a refuge against the "Red Death" plague that stalks the land.


“Can a full grown woman truly love a midget?”
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.

Harry Earles
Hans

Olga Baclanova
Cleopatra

Daisy Earles
Frieda

Henry Victor
Hercules

Wallace Ford
Phroso

Leila Hyams
Venus

Roscoe Ates
Roscoe

Angelo Rossitto
Angeleno

Jerry Austin
Knife-Throwing Dwarf (uncredited)

Daisy Hilton
Siamese Twin
Freaks is a drama, horror film released in 1932 exploring themes of infidelity, dwarf, attempted murder, clown, beauty, carnival. Directed by Tod Browning, it stars Harry Earles, Olga Baclanova, Daisy Earles. 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.
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