Freaks [videorecording]
2000
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Now regarded as a landmark film but virtually disowned by MGM when it was first produced, Tod Browning's film, set in a travelling circus, works as an old-fashioned morality play against avarice. Browning used a collection of handicapped actors and performers for the circus community, which initially welcomes the beautiful trapeze artist Cleopatra into their group when she marries midget circus owner, Hans. However, as it becomes clear that Cleopatra is only after Hans' money, and is conducting an affair with the strongman, the close-knit clan of 'freaks' plan a revenge.
Main title:
Freaks [videorecording] / producer, Tod Browning.
Author:
Browning, Tod, directorFord, Wallace, 1898-1966, actorHyams, Leila, actorBaclanova, Olga, actorRobbins, Ted, book author
Imprint:
Visionary, 2000.
Collation:
1 videodisc (62 min.) : b&w.
Notes:
Film made in 1932.Cast includes: Wallace Ford - Olga Baclanova - Leila Hyams - Harry Earles - Rosco Ates.Made in 1932.Based on the short story 'Spurs' by Ted Robbins.DVDN.Credits: director, Tod Browning; writer, Al Boasberg; writer, Willis Goldbeck; writer, Leon Gordon; writer, Edgar Allan Woolf.
Performers:
Cast: Cast: Wallace Ford, Leila Hyams, Olga Baclanova, Roscoe Ates, Henry Victor, Harry Earles, Daisy Earles, Rose Dione, Daisy Hilton, Violet Hilton.
Audience:
BBFC code: 15.
System details:
DVD.
Dewey class:
791.437
Language:
English
BRN:
1026786
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