Performers in a Budapest sideshow encounter love, greed, and murder.Performers in a Budapest sideshow encounter love, greed, and murder.Performers in a Budapest sideshow encounter love, greed, and murder.
Andy MacLennan
- The Ferret
- (as Andy Mac Lennan)
Agostino Borgato
- Snake Oil Salesman
- (uncredited)
Betty Boyd
- Neptuna - Mermaids Queen
- (uncredited)
Barbara Bozoky
- Undetermined Role
- (uncredited)
Jules Cowles
- Robin's Dressing Aide
- (uncredited)
Jacqueline Gadsdon
- Blonde Barmaid
- (uncredited)
Cecil Holland
- Undetermined Role
- (uncredited)
Bobbie Mack
- Sideshow Spectator
- (uncredited)
Ida May
- Undetermined Role
- (uncredited)
Polly Moran
- Sideshow Spectator
- (uncredited)
Russ Powell
- Konrad Driskai - Lena's Father
- (uncredited)
Francis Powers
- Undetermined Role
- (uncredited)
Billy Seay
- Little Boy
- (uncredited)
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- TriviaEdward Connelly suffered from "badly inflamed eyes and a mild case of klieg eyes", prior to shooting his scenes looking into the studio lights. It took several days to recover.
- GoofsWhen Salome (not Renee Adoree, but a double) is dancing for the king, she has her back to the audience. But in one brief cutaway shot she is facing the audience - and it's shot from behind Salome - then immediately back to facing the king in the long shot.
- Quotes
Cock Robin: God but you're a real dame... right straight through to the core. You shouldn't have to live in the same world with a thing like me.
- Alternate versionsIn 2007, Turner Entertainment Co. copyrighted a 76-minute version of this film (plus 1 minute for additional music credits), with a music score composed by Darrell Raby. The film's world premiere television broadcast by Turner Classic Movies (TCM) occurred on 28 January 2007.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Gaslight Follies (1945)
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Very Good
Show, The (1927)
*** 1/2 (out of 4)
Rare and nearly forgotten film from Tod Browning that would play a major influence on his film Freaks. Set inside a Budapest carnival, a love triangle develops between a handsome actor (John Gilbert), a crazy Greek (Lionel Barrymore) and the woman (Renee Adoree) they both love. Browning's direction is top notch here and I might go as far to say this is the best directing I've seen from him. As usual with his silent pictures, the mood and atmosphere is very rich and thick. The meanness and weirdness of the characters and story leaps right off the screen with some very memorable scenes including a decapitation. There's a scene on the stage where Barrymore plots to kill Gilbert that is highly intense and perfectly staged. The three leads are all terrific and the inside jokes about Gilbert's good looks are funny as well. "Freaks" like the Human Spider, the Half Woman and a mermaid also make an appearance.
*** 1/2 (out of 4)
Rare and nearly forgotten film from Tod Browning that would play a major influence on his film Freaks. Set inside a Budapest carnival, a love triangle develops between a handsome actor (John Gilbert), a crazy Greek (Lionel Barrymore) and the woman (Renee Adoree) they both love. Browning's direction is top notch here and I might go as far to say this is the best directing I've seen from him. As usual with his silent pictures, the mood and atmosphere is very rich and thick. The meanness and weirdness of the characters and story leaps right off the screen with some very memorable scenes including a decapitation. There's a scene on the stage where Barrymore plots to kill Gilbert that is highly intense and perfectly staged. The three leads are all terrific and the inside jokes about Gilbert's good looks are funny as well. "Freaks" like the Human Spider, the Half Woman and a mermaid also make an appearance.
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- Michael_Elliott
- Feb 28, 2008
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- El palacio de las maravillas
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- Gross US & Canada
- $395,825
- Runtime1 hour 16 minutes
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- 1.33 : 1
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