"Ugly": the film's actors

In this material, we'll talk about the movie "Freaks" (1932). The actors who took part in the work on the painting will be described further. This is a classic American feature film, directed by Tod Browning. The genre of the picture can be defined as a drama that contains elements of a horror film. Free screen adaptation of the work of Spurs by Tod Robbins.

History

First, let's talk about what the film "Freaks" is about. Actors will be named in the following sections of this material. The plot tells of a circus wandering troupe, where, along with ordinary actors, special people perform extreme deviations in physical development.

The beautiful gymnast Cleopatra learns that the Lilliputian Hans, delighted with her beauty, inherited the condition. She pretends that she fell in love with the hero, and then forces him to leave Fried's dwarf, with whom they had an engagement. Hans and Cleopatra are playing a wedding. Guests at the celebration are all the ugly troupes.

Also there is a strong man, Hercules - lover of Cleopatra. The freaks want to conduct a ritual to take the girl into their own circle. However, the intoxicated beauty, and with her, Hercules, begin to mock them. The dwarfs realize that Cleopatra is not at all as magnanimous as she looks. They begin to follow her.

In parallel, the story of the dancer of Venus and the clown Froso is shown. This girl recently threw Hercules. Venus and Froso are a pair of lonely people, in whom kindness breeds mutual affection. They live next to circus freaks, but they belong to these people with equal humanity. At the same time, other circus artists continually humiliate freaks.

Cleopatra after the wedding tries to poison Hans, using a slowly acting poison. The hero pretends that he is seriously ill, but freaks know about his wife's plan and wait for the most suitable moment for revenge. Hercules in the back hit with a knife and surround. His further fate is unknown. In the original version of the work he is castrated.

During the next move the van Cleopatra turns over. Urodtsy during a thunderstorm overtake a girl in the forest. It is not known what exactly they are doing with it, but a few years later a wandering farce with a completely different Cleopatra is shown. It's a speechless, insane and ugly female duck. In the final, Venus and Froso help Hans and Frida to make peace. The girl still loves him.

Main roles

Cleopatra and Hercules are the main actors of the film "Freaks". Actors Olga Baklanova and Henry Victor embodied these images on the screen. Wallace Ford played Froso.

Roscoeots, Leila Hayams, Harry and Daisy Earls

The actors of the movie "Urodtsy" (1932) Harry and Daisy Earls embodied the images of Hans and Frida. Leyla Hayams played Venus. Roscoeots embodied the image of a character with a similar name.

Second plan

Siamese twins are also featured in the plot of the movie "Freaks". Actors Violetta and Daisy Hilton embodied these images. Rose Dione appeared on the crane as Madame Tetralini. Josefina Joseph embodied the image of the hermaphrodite in the film "Freaks."

Actors Schiltzi and Prince Randian played themselves. Olga Roderik embodied the image of a bearded woman. Johnny Eck played the man who does not have the lower part of the trunk. Frances O'Connor played a woman without arms.

MGM, at the urging of Browning in the twenties, acquired the rights to the work of Robbins.

Interesting Facts

Now let's give some interesting information about the film "Freaks". The actors who took part in this picture were named above.

In 1932, Irving Thalberg offers Browning a production with John Berrimore entitled "Arsene Lupine". The latter refuses, preferring to work on "freaks". At his request, writers Willis Goldback and Elliott Clawson were involved in the project. Also in the creation of the script involved Charles MacArthur, Al Bowsberg, Edgar Allan Wolfe and Leon Gordon.

The plot was formed in five months. From the original work in the script, perhaps, there remained only the marriage of the Lilliputian with the usual woman and the wedding feast of the heroes.

It was planned to participate in the picture of Jean Harlow, Myrna Loy and Victor McClaglen. However, Thalberg decided not to use celebrities of the first magnitude.

When shooting the tape in many ways, Tod Browning was guided by his own experience. At the age of 16 this man fled from home and worked for a long time as part of a wandering circus.

In the film the most significant group of actors was shot, having physical deviations in the history of the cinema. Tod Browning on casting invited most of the ugly people from all the circus wandering in the US.

Curiously, all the artists in the picture are called real names. This fact adds to the film a hint of documentary. The exceptions are Daisy and Harry Earls.

Filming continued in the period October-December 1931. The duration of the picture was 90 minutes. However, test scans were conducted. Based on the results, it was decided to reduce the tape to 64 minutes, removing the most shocking scenes.