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1 day ago · comedian. carnival/sideshow worker. Years active. 1896–1942. Tod Browning (born Charles Albert Browning Jr.; July 12, 1880 – October 6, 1962) was an American film director, film actor, screenwriter, vaudeville performer, and carnival sideshow and circus entertainer. He directed a number of films of various genres between 1915 [a] and 1939 ...
22 hours ago · The film was made by director Tod Browning. Its melodramatic plot of feigned love and betrayal is set among the world of carnival “freaks”, people with disabilities or differences who were exploited for money. Browning had run away to join a circus as a child and was fascinated by the world of carnivals and sideshows.
3 days ago · Directed by Tod Browning, the movie’s eye-catching characters and utilization of divine makeup are a couple of top reasons why film fanatics remain largely interested in witnessing the project ...
1 day ago · Critique: Fernando Mendez’s The Vampire was released the year before Hammer’s game-changing technicolour smash hit Dracula (Terence Fisher, 1958). It subsequently became something of a cliché for those in the know to cite The Vampire as being the film that most effectively bridged the cinematic generation gap between Hammer’s offering and Universal’s original Dracula (Tod Browning, 1931).
22 hours ago · The resulting film, The Curse of Frankenstein (d. Terence Fisher, 1957), was the most important horror film since Universal 's Dracula (US, d. Tod Browning, 1931). Its contemporary impact was immense; it was the first horror film in colour, and its critical reception was savage.
2 days ago · There seems to be a misconception about the kind of movie that Twisters is. On the surface, it looks and sounds like a sequel to 1996’s Twister. The previews show tornados and people chasing said tornados, just like in Twister. The two main characters are a man and a woman, just like in Twisters. The title is just the first movie with an extra S.
4 days ago · Tod Browning erzählt von drei Charakteren, deren Hass und Ablehnung gegenüber der „normalen“ Gesellschaft so groß ist, dass sie mittels einer Täuschung dieser ein Schnippchen schlagen wollen. Der Film ist amüsant und unterhaltsam, lädt darüber hinaus zum Nachdenken über das Diktat der Normalität ein, einer Norm zu entsprechen und nach dieser zu leben.
