A pair of Tod Browning's personal Freaks photographs
MGM, 1932. Comprising 2 silver gelatin photographs, 8 x 10 in., original studio stills from Tod Browning's personal collection. The first photo features Josephine Joseph as Half Woman-Half Man. Joseph was likely an impersonator (whether she was a male or female impersonator is still unclear); nevertheless, she successfully kept her true sexual identity a secret even after litigation claiming she was a fraud made headlines. The second photo features Peter Robinson as Human Skeleton. In his real life, Robinson emulated the nursery rhyme "Jack Sprat" by marrying two circus-performing women who were famous for eating "no lean."
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MGM, 1932. Comprising 2 silver gelatin photographs, 8 x 10 in., original studio stills from Tod Browning's personal collection. The first photo features Josephine Joseph as Half Woman-Half Man. Joseph was likely an impersonator (whether she was a male or female impersonator is still unclear); nevertheless, she successfully kept her true sexual identity a secret even after litigation claiming she was a fraud made headlines. The second photo features Peter Robinson as Human Skeleton. In his real life, Robinson emulated the nursery rhyme "Jack Sprat" by marrying two circus-performing women who were famous for eating "no lean."
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