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Freaks
Freaks (also re-released as The Monster Story, Forbidden Love, and Nature's Mistakes) is a 1932 American pre-Code horror film produced and directed by Tod Browning, starring Wallace Ford, Leila Hyams, Olga Baclanova, and Roscoe Ates.
Plot
A beautiful and conniving trapeze artist named Cleopatra seduces a carnival sideshow dwarf named Hans after learning of his large inheritance. This much to the chagrin of Frieda, his fiancée, also a dwarf. Cleopatra also conspires with circus strongman Hercules to kill Hans so she will inherit his wealth. Meanwhile, other romances flourish among the sideshow performers: the Bearded Lady, who is in love with the Human Skeleton, gives birth to their daughter. The news is spread among the friends by the Stork Woman. Additionally, Violet, a conjoined twin whose sister Daisy is married to Roscoe, the stuttering circus clown, becomes engaged to the circus's owner.
Cast
- Albert Conti
- Angelo Rossitto
- Daisy and Violet Hilton
- Daisy Earles
- Daisy Hilton
- Edward Brophy
- Frances O'Connor
- Harry Earles
- Henry Victor
- Johnny Eck
- Josephine Joseph
- Koo-Koo the Bird Girl
- Leila Hyams
- Louise Beavers
- Mathilde Comont
- Michael Visaroff
- Olga Baclanova
- Peter Robinson
- Prince Randian
- Roscoe Ates
- Rose Dione
- Schlitzie
- Sidney Bracey
- The Doll Family
- Violet Hilton
- Wallace Ford