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A Balasaur Score of 82 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 7.8/10, Rotten Tomatoes 95%, Metacritic 80/100. Scores higher than 89% of the 344 1930s drama movies in this catalog. It runs a compact 1h 4m.
Synopsis
A circus' beautiful trapeze artist agrees to marry the leader of side-show performers, but his deformed friends discover she is only marrying him for his inheritance.
Ratings
IMDb7.8/10
Rotten Tomatoes95%
Metacritic80/100
1,336 audience votes
Key crew
- Tod BrowningDirector
- Willis GoldbeckScreenplay
- Leon GordonScreenplay
Cast
- Harry EarlesHans
- Olga BaclanovaCleopatra
- Daisy EarlesFrieda
- Henry VictorHercules
- Wallace FordPhroso
- Leila HyamsVenus
- Roscoe AtesRoscoe
- Angelo RossittoAngeleno
- Jerry AustinKnife-Throwing Dwarf (uncredited)
- Daisy HiltonSiamese Twin
- Violet HiltonSiamese Twin
- SchlitzieHimself
Stills
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Themes
infidelitydwarfattempted murderclownbeautycarnivalromancerevengemurderblack and whitenewlywedpre-code
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