Freaks (1932)

reviewed by Nick Burton

Originally published on June 1, 2000

According to David J. Skal and Elias Savada’s excellent book, Dark Carnival: The Secret World of Tod Browning, the source of Freaks – a short story by Clarence Aaron “Tod” Robbins called “Spurs” – was first brought to the Dracula director’s attention by dwarf actor Harry Earles (who had been in Browning’s The Unholy Three [...]