Tod Browning's sideshow shockers : Freaks ; The unknown ; The mystic
(DVD)
Contributors
Browning, Tod, 1880-1962, film director,
Thalberg, Irving G., 1899-1936, film producer.
Goldbeck, Willis, screenwriter.
Gordon, Leon, 1884-1960, screenwriter.
Young, Waldemar, 1878-1938, screenwriter.
Thalberg, Irving G., 1899-1936, film producer.
Goldbeck, Willis, screenwriter.
Gordon, Leon, 1884-1960, screenwriter.
Young, Waldemar, 1878-1938, screenwriter.
Published
[New York, New York] : Criterion Collection, [2023].
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (203 min.) : sound and silent, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Status
San Luis Obispo Library - Adult DVD - Adult Audiovisual
Fiction
1 available
Fiction
1 available
Copies
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Subjects
LC Subjects
Abnormalities, Human -- Drama.
Circus films.
Crime -- Drama.
Crime films.
Criminals -- Drama.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Fugitives from justice -- Drama.
Heiresses -- Drama.
Horror films.
Knife throwing -- Drama.
Outcasts -- Drama.
Seances -- Drama.
Sideshows -- Drama.
Silent films.
Swindlers and swindling -- Drama.
Unrequited love -- Drama.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Circus films.
Crime -- Drama.
Crime films.
Criminals -- Drama.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Fugitives from justice -- Drama.
Heiresses -- Drama.
Horror films.
Knife throwing -- Drama.
Outcasts -- Drama.
Seances -- Drama.
Sideshows -- Drama.
Silent films.
Swindlers and swindling -- Drama.
Unrequited love -- Drama.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
More Details
Published
[New York, New York] : Criterion Collection, [2023].
Format
DVD
Language
English
UPC
715515287913
Notes
General Note
Originally released as three films in 1932, 1927, and 1925.
General Note
Two DVD special edition features: new 2K digital restoration of 'Freaks'; new 2K digital reconstruction and restoration of 'The unknown' by the George Eastman Museum, with a new score by composer Philip Carli; new 2K digital restoration of 'The mystic', with new score by composer Dean Hurley; audio commentaries on 'Freaks' and 'The unknown' and an introduction to 'The mystic' by film scholar David J. Skal ; new interview with author Megan Abbott about director Tod Browning and pre-code horror; archival documentary on 'Freaks'; episode from 2009 of critic Kristen Lopez's podcast 'Ticklish business' about disability representation in 'Freaks'; reading by Skal of 'Spurs,' the short story by Tod Robbins on which 'Freaks' is based; prologue to 'Freaks,' which was added to the film in 1947; program on the alternate endings to 'Freaks'.
Participants/Performers
Freaks: Wallace Ford, Leila Hyams, Olga Baclanova, Roscoe Ates, Henry Victor, Harry Earles, Daisy Earles, Rose Dione, Daisy Hilton, Violet Hilton, Schlitze Surtees, Josephine Joseph, Prince Randian, Olga Roderick, Frances O'Connor, Martha Morris, Elvira Snow, Jenny Lee Snow, Angelo Rossitto, Edward Brophy, Matt McHugh, Johnny Eck, Peter Robinson, Elizabeth Green, Minnie Woolsey, Albert Conti, Michael Visaroff, Murray Kinnell, Hooper Atchley, Jerry Austin, Mathilde Comont, Ernie S. Adams, Edith, Delmo Fritz, Constantine Romanoff, Sidney Bracey.
Participants/Performers
The unknown: Lon Chaney, Norman Kerry, Joan Crawford, Nick De Ruiz, John George, Frank Lanning, John St. Polis, Julian Rivero, Billy Seay, Tom Amandares, Louise Emmons, Italia Frandi, Venezia Frandi, Polly Moran, Margaret Bert, Paul Desmuke.
Participants/Performers
The mystic: Aileen Pringle, Conway Tearle, Mitchell Lewis, Robert Ober, Stanton Heck, David Torrence, Gladys Hulette, DeWitt Jennings, Carrie Daumery, Joseph Hazelton.
Description
Freaks: A tale of love, deception, and retribution set among troupe of carnival sideshow performers, shunned by society because of their physical deformities.
Description
The unknown: An unrequited infatuation leads a circus knife-thrower on the run from the law into a troubled state, but when the circus owner discovers the desperate man's secret identity, things become markedly worse.
Description
The mystic: A confederacy of unsavory characters conspire to cheat an heiress out of her fortune by way of conducting fraudulent seances.
Target Audience
MWT rating: NR.
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