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Tod Browning 1880-1962
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Tod Browning, the director of
“Freaks,”
center,
getting a hug from the actor
Schlitzie
while surrounded by other cast
members.
Credit: Bettmann, via Getty
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Why the 1932 Movie ‘Freaks’
Is a
Touchstone for Disability Representation
Though it has detractors,
scholars and advocates have
largely embraced this film
for the way it shows people just
living their lives
while disabled.
NYT
June 26, 2023
5:01 a.m. ET
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/26/
movies/freaks-disability-representation.html
![](z_photo_freaks_earles_nyt_26jun2023.jpg)
Harry and
Daisy Earles in
“Freaks.”
The film’s characters have an
agency
not often seen in Hollywood.
Credit: MGM
Why the 1932 Movie ‘Freaks’
Is a
Touchstone for Disability Representation
Though it has detractors,
scholars and advocates have
largely embraced this film
for the way it shows people just
living their lives while disabled.
NYT
June 26, 2023
5:01 a.m. ET
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/26/
movies/freaks-disability-representation.html
Charles Albert
Browning, Jr. 1880-1962
aka
Tod Browning
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Tod_Browning
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/26/
movies/freaks-disability-representation.html
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2023/mar/17/
tod-browning-the-film-maker-who-brought-the-carnival-to-hollywood
http://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/jun/09/
tod-browning-freaks-banned
https://www.npr.org/2008/10/30/
96282132/defining-dracula-a-century-of-vampire-evolution
http://www.theguardian.com/film/1999/apr/15/
derekmalcolmscenturyoffilm.derekmalcolm
https://www.nytimes.com/1962/10/10/
archives/tod-browning-80-
exfilm-director-maker-of-chaney-and-lugosi-films.html
https://www.nytimes.com/1932/07/09/
archives/the-circus-side-show.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Freaks_(1932_film)
https://www.nytimes.com/1931/02/13/
archives/the-screen-bram-stokers-human-vampire.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
The_Mystic - 1925
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Outside_the_Law_(1920_film)
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