From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!npoiv!npois!houxi!houxj!adb Newsgroups: net.movies Title: Re: another question about freaks Article-I.D.: houxj.131 Posted: Thu Sep 23 08:50:20 1982 Received: Mon Sep 27 20:24:04 1982 References: cmcl2.13576 My memory of Freaks is a little rusty, but as I recall, it was filmed in about 1932, shortly after Dracula (also by Browning), and nearly ruined his career. The beginning and end were probably tacked on to placate the studio. The film wound up tied up in contract dispute and was unavailable even to colleges until the mid 1960's.