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Page to Screen presents: Tod Browning's 'Freaks'

The "Page to Screen" series explores the adaptation of short stories to film. This program presents "Freaks," Tod Browning, director (1932); based on "Spurs," by Tod Robbins (1923). -- She despised him as a freak, but married him for his money. Who then is the real monster? Robbins' macabre circus …

Episode #76: Freaks (1932)

Was this episode supposed to be up before Halloween? Yep! To say October was a horrible month for me would be an understatement and this delayed episode is the result. But I'm committed to making November better (and on-time!).   Drea, Sam, and I get down and dirty talking about disability and h…

Film Foil 42: Freaks

Come one! Come all! To the 42nd wonder of the world! Listen as Brandon & Tyler discuss the circus, Pre-Code cinema, and a third thing. This week we are talking about Tod Browning's 1932 Drama/Thriller "Freaks" Follow us on on Twitter, @FilmFoilPodcast, and Facebook Brandon's Twitter: @BrandoV2 Ty…

Thrilling Tales: August 6, 2012

This week's featured story is "Spurs" by Tod Robbins. This tale of love and revenge in the Circus side-show was the basis for Tod Browning's infamous cult movie, "Freaks."

#137 - Tod Browning's Lost in the Shadows

Shocktober '18 begins! We discuss the career of Tod Browning, the director of such horror classics as the original DRACULA, FREAKS and Lon Chaney Sr.'s THE UNKNOWN. Was Browning a monstrous director? A sympathetic one? Can we ever really know? On this week's Patreon episode, we discuss Mr. Vampi…

Episode 324 - Bill Griffith

Who can top the memoir of his mother's infidelity with the biography of a sideshow pinhead? Legendary cartoonist Bill Griffith, that's who! Bill rejoins the show to talk about his new graphic biography, Nobody's Fool: The Life and Times of Schlitzie the Pinhead (Abrams ComicArts), the empty nest sy…

8. Tod Browning’s film Freaks (1932)

8. Tod Browning’s film Freaks (1932) by Art Gallery of Ontario

2: Kendall R. Phillips on the birth of horror in American cinema

Kendall R. Phillips is a professor of rhetoric at Syracuse University and in 2018 published a book titled A Place of Darkness: The Rhetoric of Horror in Early American Cinema with University of Texas Press. The book is a fascinating look at how horror came to be in American cinema, tracking the dev…

Unapologetic Disability: Talking Freaks (1932)

In this episode, we're talking about Tod Browning's 1932 landmark film, Freaks, and it's still controversial today depictions of disability.