Freaks
Freaks is a 1932 MGM horror movie about circus sideshow performers. It was directed and produced by Tod Browning. The cast is mostly actual traveling carnival performers. The movie was based on Tod Robbins' 1923 story "Spurs". Director Browning cast real people with deformities as the sideshow "freaks," rather than using costumes and makeup.[1][2] The movie was not popular. In 1994, Freaks was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".
| Freaks | |
|---|---|
 Theater poster | |
| Directed by | Tod Browning |
| Produced by | Tod Browning |
| Written by | Tod Robbins |
| Starring | Wallace Ford Leila Hyams Olga Baclanova Roscoe Ates |
| Cinematography | Merritt B. Gerstad |
| Edited by | Basil Wrangell |
| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
Release date | February 20, 1932 |
Running time | Original cut 90 min. Released cut 64 min. |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English German |
| Budget | $310,607 (estimated) |
References
- ↑ "Freaks". The New York Times. 1932.
- ↑ Mark Chalon Smith (1995-10-30). "Grotesquerie Is Merely a Sideshow in 'Freaks'". The Los Angeles Times.
