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Auction History Result 7m0259 FREAKS 3sh R1949 Tod Browning classic, story of the love life of the sideshow, rare! Date Sold 10/27/2024 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. A 1949 Re-Release Theatrical Folded Three-Sheet Movie Poster (3sh; measures 41" x 81" [104 x 206 cm]) (Learn More) Freaks, the classic 1932 Tod Browning circus romantic love triangle horror fantasy thriller ("Do Siamese Twins make love? What sex is the half-man, half-woman? Can the Pinheads think? Can a full-grown woman truly love a midget?"; "Freaks makes these strange creatures as human as you!"; "An unusual love drama"; with actual circus sideshow human oddities!) starring Wallace Ford, Leila Hyams, Olga Baclanova (as Cleopatra, who turns into the Chicken Woman at the end of the movie!), Roscoe Ates, Henry Victor (as Hercules), Harry Earles (as Hans), Daisy Earles (as Frieda), Rose Dione, Daisy Hilton & Violet Hilton (the Siamese Twins), Schlitze (as himself), Josephine Joseph (as the Half Woman/Half Man), Johnny Eck (as the Half Boy), Frances O'Connor (as an Armless Girl), Peter Robinson (as the Human Skeleton), Olga Roderick (as the Bearded Lady), Koo Koo (the "Bird Girl", as herself), Prince Randian (billed as "Rardion"; as The Living Torso), Martha Morris (as an Armless Girl), Elvira Snow (as a Pinhead), Jenny Lee Snow (as a Pinhead), Elizabeth Green (as a Bird Girl), Angelo Rossitto (one of the most successful "little people" actors from the 1920s on), Edward Brophy, Matt McHugh, and John Aasen (as the Giant). Note that in an extremely odd movie, it was even odder that brother and sister Harry and Daisy Earles played boyfriend and girlfriend! NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. If you know who did the art (if any), please let us know. Important Added Info: Note that we have only previously auctioned three examples of this 1949 re-release three-sheet (they sold for $1,925, $1,501, and $1,228). As you likely are aware, first release movie paper from this movie is among the rarest movie paper there is, and it almost never changes hands! Why? Because this movie was intended to be MGM's answer to Universal's Dracula and Frankenstein, and they hired director Tod Browning, thinking he could not miss, but this movie proved disastrous at the box office, and MGM quickly withdrew it from circulation. Master promoter Dwain Esper purchased the rights from MGM, and after releasing it under some alternate titles, he launched this full scale re-release in 1949! Note that this three-sheet was printed in 2 sections designed to overlap. Also note that the theater that used this poster taped and glued the pieces together before putting them on display (this is typical of many actual theater-used posters in multiple pieces). Note that because it was oddly folded, it does not fit in a standard three-sheet package (it will need to go in a package that measures roughly 13" x 16"). Condition: good. The theater that used this poster taped and glued the pieces together before putting them on display (this is typical of many actual theater-used posters in multiple pieces). The poster had separation, small tears, and small paper loss on parts of many folds, and small tears in parts of the borders. Some of the tape that was used to connect the pieces left tape stains. While the poster has clear defects, it certainly can be linenbacked and restored, and after proper restoration, it will display great, but bear all of the above in mind before bidding on this rare poster. Learn More about condition grades 
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