#schlitzie

[filmjunky-99]

'When I get a chance, I like to take them into the sunshine... and let them play like... children.'

'That is what most of them are. Children.' - tetrallini

f r e a k s, 1932 🎬 dir. tod browning

[creepynostalgy]

Olga Baclanova and Tod Browning on set of Freaks (1932)

[schlock-luster-video]

Remembering sideshow performer and Freaks star Schllitzie on the anniversary of his birth.

R.I.P. (1901 - 1971)

[louisa-malchance]

Etude n.14 ,dessin .

[happyzenmonk]

Schlitzie & Wallace Ford in Tod Browning's "Freaks" (1932)

source: retromaniacs, fb

[moved-strabius-strawberry]

I'm thinking of Schlitzie tonight.

I'm thinking of what a darling he must have been. How much he loved to perform and see people smiling and laughing. How he had to wear dresses since he couldnt take care of himself, but still enjoyed wearing them because of how pretty they were. How he must have picked the cutest little bows out for his caretaker to put in his hair.

But I'm mostly thinking of how he deserved better. How he didn't deserve to be labeled a freak, or be taken away from his friends to be placed in a mental institute where he couldn't see people smile and laugh. Overall, I'm thinking of how much he deserved a family and environment as loving as he was.

Rest in peace, Schlitzie. You were brought into a cruel world, but you yourself planted seeds of love and joy into it's soil.

[charlottecremababe]

[screamscenepodcast]

Meet Tod Browning's cast of FREAKS from 1932! Our deadicated hosts learn the production history of this unique film, the history of American circuses, share details about a few of the performers, and discuss how FREAKS fits within a unique horror subgenre.

Context setting 00:00; plot summary 25:55; discussion 41:27; ranking 1:01:35