[net.movies] another question about freaks

edler (09/22/82)

I forgot to ask this one:  There is a beginning and an ending to
Tod Browning's Freaks that look to me as if they were added on
after the fact.  Does anyone know if that is true or not?

	Jan Edler		cmcl2!edler
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adb (09/23/82)

My memory of Freaks is a little rusty, but as I recall, it was filmed in
about 1932, shortly after Dracula (also by Browning), and nearly ruined
his career.   The beginning and end were probably tacked on to placate
the studio.  The film wound up tied up in contract dispute and was 
unavailable even to colleges until the mid 1960's.