Freaks (1932 film)
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Freaks is a 1932 American pre-Code drama horror film produced and directed by Tod Browning, starring Wallace Ford, Leila Hyams, Olga Baclanova, and Roscoe Ates.
1932 theatrical release poster
Critic Jon Towlson notes that the everyday interaction between the able-bodied and disabled circus performers serves to uphold an anti-eugenics sentiment.
Johnny Eck as Half-Boy and Angelo Rossitto as Angeleno
Freaks lobby card
Koo-Koo the Bird Girl
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Minnie Woolsey, billed as Koo-Koo the Bird Girl, was an American side show entertainer, best known for her only film appearance in Tod Browning's film Freaks in 1932.
Koo Koo in 1924 (pictured top, fourth from left), was well known for her sideshow career with Ringling Brothers