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#070222
Selects: How Freak Shows Worked
"Schlitze was in that. And Schlitze actually has this big scene that he has a whole speaking dialogue section"
— Chuck
Todd Browning's pre-code film featuring actual sideshow performers
Jul 2, 2022
#050620
Short Stuff: Gibtown: Sideshow Central
"I just saw Freaks, the 1930 movie the other day."
— Josh
Josh mentions watching the 1932 film Freaks and notes that sideshow performers from Gibtown appeared in it.
May 6, 2020
#051918
SYSK Selects: Is brain size related to intelligence?
"I think that's the deal. I think you have like normal size, nose and ears and eyes, but your actual head and skull and brain are smaller."
— Josh
Josh references the 1932 film 'Freaks' when discussing microcephaly and how the condition appears in people, comparing it to the film's depiction.
May 19, 2018
#030316
How Freak Shows Worked
"Schlitzy was in that. And Schlitzy actually has this big scene that's like he has a whole speaking dialogue section."
— Josh
Josh discusses Schlitzy's appearance in Todd Browning's 1932 film Freaks.
Mar 3, 2016
#070814
Is brain size related to intelligence?
"you remember like the movie Freaks"
— Josh
Josh references the movie Freaks when discussing microcephaly and how people with the condition appear to have normal-sized features but smaller heads and brains.
Jul 8, 2014
#092711
How Sword Swallowing Works
"Have you seen, have you seen that movie freaks? Oh, yeah, we've talked about that one."
— Josh
Josh mentions the movie while discussing circus performers and sideshow freaks as part of their ongoing circus arts collection.
Sep 27, 2011
Cast
Harry Earles
Hans
Olga Baclanova
Cleopatra
Daisy Earles
Frieda
Henry Victor
Hercules
Wallace Ford
Phroso
Leila Hyams
Venus
Roscoe Ates
Roscoe
Angelo Rossitto
Angeleno
Jerry Austin
Knife-Throwing Dwarf (uncredited)
Daisy Hilton
Siamese Twin
Violet Hilton
Siamese Twin
Schlitzie
Himself
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