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Freaks

Freaks

Can a full grown woman truly love a midget?

19327.81h 4m

Overview

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.

Directed by Tod Browning
Written by Willis Goldbeck, Leon Gordon, Clarence Aaron 'Tod' Robbins
Produced by Irving Thalberg, Tod Browning
Box OfficeBudget: $311K0

Top Cast

Harry Earles

Harry Earles

Hans

Olga Baclanova

Olga Baclanova

Cleopatra

Daisy Earles

Daisy Earles

Frieda

Henry Victor

Henry Victor

Hercules

Wallace Ford

Wallace Ford

Phroso

Leila Hyams

Leila Hyams

Venus

Roscoe Ates

Roscoe Ates

Roscoe

Angelo Rossitto

Angelo Rossitto

Angeleno

Jerry Austin

Jerry Austin

Knife-Throwing Dwarf (uncredited)

Daisy Hilton

Daisy Hilton

Siamese Twin

Themes & Keywords

infidelitydwarfattempted murderclownbeautycarnivalromancerevengemurderblack and whitenewlywedpre-codebigotrydisabilitysideshowtold in flashbackspeech impedimenttrapeze artiststuttererdeformityconjoined twinsfreakarmlessmidgetsmidgetbareback riderpoisoned drinkpseudo-hermaphroditebearded ladymicrocephalicshuman skeletonprovocative

About Freaks

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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