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Freaks Cover Image DVD DVD

Freaks / Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer presents Tod Browning's production.

Browning, Tod, 1880-1962 (Added Author). Thalberg, Irving G., 1899-1936 (Added Author). Goldbeck, Willis. (Added Author). Gordon, Leon, 1884-1960 (Added Author). Boasberg, Al, 1892-1937 (Added Author). Woolf, Edgar Allan. (Added Author). Ford, Wallace, 1898-1966 (Added Author). Hyams, Leila, 1905-1977 (Added Author). Baclanova, Olga, 1899-1974 (Added Author). Ates, Roscoe, 1895-1962 (Added Author). Robbins, Tod, 1888-1949 Spurs. (Added Author). Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. (Added Author). Turner Entertainment Co. (Added Author). Warner Home Video (Firm) (Added Author). Wallace Ford, Leila Hyams, Olga Baclanova, Rosco Ates. (Cast).

Summary:

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

Record details

  • ISBN: 0790746549
  • ISBN: 9780790746548
  • Physical Description: 1 videodisc (66 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
  • Publisher: [United States] : Turner Entertainment Co., [2004]
  • Distributor: Burbank, CA : Distributed by Warner Home Video

Content descriptions

General Note:
Originally released as a motion picture in 1932.
"Suggested by Tod Robbins' story, 'Spurs.'"
Special features: commentary by David J. Skal, author of Dark carnival: the secret world of Tod Browning, Hollywood's master of the macabre; all-new documentary, Freaks: Sideshow Cinema; special message prologue added for theatrical reissue; 3 alternate endings.
Creation/Production Credits Note:
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.
Participant or Performer Note:
Wallace Ford, Leila Hyams, Olga Baclanova, Rosco Ates.
Target Audience Note:
Not rated by MPAA.
System Details Note:
DVD, region 1, full screen presentation; Dolby Digital mono; dual-layer format.
Language Note:
English languagge soundtrack with optional subtitles in English, French or Spanish ; closed-captioned in English for the hearing impaired..

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Subject: Circus performers > Drama.
Freak shows > Drama.
Sideshows > Drama.
People with disabilities > Abuse of > Drama.
Man-woman relationships > Drama.
Revenge > Drama.
Genre: Feature films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Lehigh Valley Library System.

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Allentown Public Library DVD FREA (Text) 34455005081191 Adult DVD Fiction Available -

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