Film historian and preservationist Eric Grayson will screen the 1932 film “Freaks” at 7 p.m. Saturday at the Garfield Park Arts Center, 2450 Shelby St.
The film, which managed to offend nearly everyone before being effectively banned until the 1970s, according to Grayson, helped bring about the enforcement of the Motion Picture Production Code.
“Freaks” stars Olga Baclanova, Harry Earles and Wallace Ford. When a beautiful trapeze artist (Baclanova) learns that the midget (Earles) in the circus freak show has inherited money, she hatches a plan to marry him, but, in doing so, she risks violating the code of the freaks.
Admission is $5, concessions $1. Info: www.gpacarts.org or 317-327-7135.
The film, which managed to offend nearly everyone before being effectively banned until the 1970s, according to Grayson, helped bring about the enforcement of the Motion Picture Production Code.
“Freaks” stars Olga Baclanova, Harry Earles and Wallace Ford. When a beautiful trapeze artist (Baclanova) learns that the midget (Earles) in the circus freak show has inherited money, she hatches a plan to marry him, but, in doing so, she risks violating the code of the freaks.
Admission is $5, concessions $1. Info: www.gpacarts.org or 317-327-7135.
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