Freaks
1932 film by Tod Browning
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Summary
Freaks is a film[1]. Freaks ranks in the top 2% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (13,069 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Director: Tod Browning[3]
- Screenwriter: Tod Robbins[4], Al Boasberg[5], Willis Goldbeck[6], Edgar Allan Woolf[7], Charles MacArthur[8], Leon Gordon[9]
- Movement: Pre-Code Hollywood[10]
- Genre: horror film[11], flashback film[12], thriller film[13], drama film[14]
- Based on: Spurs[15]
- Cast member: Wallace Ford[16], Leila Hyams[17], Olga Baclanova[18], Roscoe Ates[19], Harry Earles[20], Rose Dione[21], Daisy and Violet Hilton[22], Prince Randian[23], Schlitzie[24], Josephine Joseph[25], Johnny Eck[26], Henry Victor[27], Daisy Earles[28], Frances O'Connor[29]
- Producer: Tod Browning[30], Harry Rapf[31], Dwain Esper[32], Irving Thalberg[33]
- Production company: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer[34]
- Director of photography: Merritt B. Gerstad[35]
- Part of: National Film Registry[36]
- Original language of film or TV show: English[37], French[38], German[39]
- Commons category: Freaks (1932 film)[40]
- Distribution format: video on demand[41]
- Review score: 8.5/10[42], 95%[43]
- Color: black-and-white[44]
- Country of origin: United States[45]
- Publication date: January 1, 1932[46]
- Distributed by: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer[47], Netflix[48]
- Film editor: Basil Wrangell[49]
- Described by source: The Encyclopedia of Horror Movies[50]
- Title: La Monstrueuse Parade[51], Freaks[52]
Why It Matters
Freaks has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[53] Freaks is known by 27 alternative names across languages and contexts.[54]