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, featuring Daisy and Violet Hilton and Roscoe Ates. The Hilton sisters, conjoined twins, made careers for themselves in the sideshow circuit and vaudeville after a strange and unfortunate childhood in which they were exploited by the midwife who had delivered them. The sisters' lives were later detailed in a 2012 documentary titled Bound by Flesh which appeared at film festivals to much acclaim.
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MGM, 1932. Comprising 2 silver gelatin photographs, 8 x 10 in., original studio stills from Tod Browning's personal collection, featuring Daisy and Violet Hilton and Roscoe Ates. The Hilton sisters, conjoined twins, made careers for themselves in the sideshow circuit and vaudeville after a strange and unfortunate childhood in which they were exploited by the midwife who had delivered them. The sisters' lives were later detailed in a 2012 documentary titled Bound by Flesh which appeared at film festivals to much acclaim.
8 x 10 in.
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