Freaks /

A group of freaks take revenge on a trapeze artist and her boyfriend after years of abuse. Filmed using real circus performers.

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Freaks (Motion picture)
Other Authors: Browning, Tod, 1880-1962 (Producer, Director), Thalberg, Irving G., 1899-1936 (Producer), Goldbeck, Willis (Screenwriter), Gordon, Leon, 1884-1960 (Screenwriter), Boasberg, Al, 1892-1937 (Screenwriter), Woolf, Edgar Allan (Screenwriter), Gerstad, Merritt (Cinematographer), Wrangel, Basil (Film editor), Ford, Wallace, 1898-1966 (Actor), Hyams, Leila, 1905-1977 (Actor), Baclanova, Olga, 1899-1974 (Actor), Ates, Roscoe, 1895-1962 (Actor), Victor, Henry, 1892-1945 (Actor), Earles, Harry (Actor), Earles, Daisy (Actor), Dione, Rose, 1875-1936 (Actor), Hilton, Daisy, 1908-1969 (Actor), Hilton, Violet, 1908-1969 (Actor), Schlitzie, 1901-1971 (Actor), Joseph, Josephine (Actor), Eck, Johnny (Actor), O'Connor, Frances (Actor), Robinson, Peter (Actor), Roderick, Olga (Actor), Morris, Martha (Actor), Green, Elizabeth (Actor), Rossitto, Angelo (Actor), Brophy, Edward, 1895-1960 (Actor), McHugh, Matt (Actor), Robbins, Tod, 1888-1949
Format: Video
Language:English
Published: [Los Angeles, CA] : Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1932.
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Description
Summary:A group of freaks take revenge on a trapeze artist and her boyfriend after years of abuse. Filmed using real circus performers.
Item Description:Suggested by Tod Robbins' story, 'Spurs.'
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1932.
Physical Description:1 online resource (1 video file (64 min.)) : sound, black and white.
Audience:Rating: Not rated.
Not rated by MPAA.
Awards:Named to the National Film Registry in 1994 by the Library of Congress.
Production Credits:Produced by Tod Browning, Irving Thalberg ; directed by Tod Browning ; screenplay by Willis Goldbeck and Leon Gordon ; additional writing by Al Boasberg, Edgar Allan Woolf ; cinematography, Merritt B. Gerstad ; editing, Basil Wrangell.