Freaks (1932)

USA, 64 min
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Basic facts

Original title Freaks
Film type Feature
Category Fiction
Director
Producer
Screenplay
Original work
Production country
  • USA
Production company
Classification Banned
Dialogue
  • English
  • German

Cast

Wallace Ford
Phroso

Leila Hyams
Venus

Olga Baclanova
Cleopatra

Roscoe Ates
Roscoe

Henry Victor
Hercules

Harry Earles
Hans

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Titles

Original title
  • Freaks
Swedish release title
  • Freaks
Alternative title
  • Nature's Mistakes
Working title
  • Spurs

Crew

Director
Screenplay
Producer
Production Manager
Director of Photography
Production Designer
Film Editor
Production Mixer
First Assistant Director
Second Assistant Director
Third Assistant Director
Script Supervisor
Dialogue
Additional Photography
Assistant Cameraman

Cast

Wallace Ford Phroso
Leila Hyams Venus
Olga Baclanova Cleopatra
Roscoe Ates Roscoe
Henry Victor Hercules
Harry Earles Hans
Daisy Earles Frieda
Rose Dione Madame Tetrallini
Daisy Hilton siamesisk tvilling
Violet Hilton siamesisk tvilling
Schlitze Schlitze
Josephine Joseph halv kvinna, halv man
Johnny Eck pojken med halv torso
Frances O'Connor sköldpaddsflickan
Peter Robinson det levande skelettet
Olga Roderick skäggiga damen
Koo Koo Koo Koo
Prince Randian hindu, den levande torson
Martha Morris fllickan utan armar
Elvira Snow (as Zip) knappnålshuvud
Jenny Lee Snow (as Pip) knappnålshuvud
Elizabeth Green fågelflickan
Angelo Rossitto (as Angelo Rossito) Angeleno, dvärg
Edward "Ed" Brophy (as Edward Brophy) ena brodern Rollo
Matt McHugh andra brodern Rollo
- Ej krediterade:
Albert Conti Monsieur Duval, markägaren
Michael Visaroff Jean, vaktmästaren
Louise Beavers tjänsteflickan (rollen bortklippt i den slutliga filmen)
Sidney Bracey Hans butler
Ernest S. Adams (as Ernie Adams) cirkusman
Murray Kinnell cirkusutropare
Jerry Austin dvärgen som kastar kniv på Hercules
Edith den lilla krypande flickan
Delmo Fritz svärdslukaren

Companies

Production Company Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Corp. controlled by Loew's Inc.
Copyright Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Distributing Corporation 1932-02-23 (LP2870)

Swedish censorship / rating

Censorship number 47937
Date 1932-08
Classification Banned
Original length 1808 meters
Notes Inlämnad av LeMat-Metro-Goldwyn


Technical specifications

Aspect ratio 1.37:1
Sound type Sound
Sound system Western Electric Recording
Colour type Black and white
Carrier type 35 mm
Frames per second 24
Length in minutes 64 min
Reels 7 reels


Original work

Original title Spurs (Short story)
Author Tod Robbins


Production location

1931-11-09 1931-12-16
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios, 10202 W. Washington Boulevard Culver City, Kalifornien USA

Release dates

First showing 1932-02-10 Los Angeles, Kalifornien USA
Cinematheque screening, archive copy 2000-12-22
FIAF showing 2008-08-06
2008-08-22
Cinematheque screening, archive copy 2010-12-11
2010-12-18
Cinematheque screening 2017-02-10 Filmhuset Stockholm Sweden

Related films

Les réveurs (2003) Freaks (1932)

Holdings Film

The information given here refers to film material in the Swedish Film Institute’s archive. Access to the archive’s stock is given on request, for research, other film archives and rights’ holders. For enquiries please contact filmarkivet@filminstitutet.se

Element type Print
Carrier type 35 mm


Holdings Scripts

Script type Inspelningsmanus


Script type Dialoglista
Language English


Holdings Stills

Black and white print 2
Album No


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