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Classic silent comedies

  1. The General
  2. Steamboat Bill, Jr. (The inspiration for Mickey Mouse in “Steamboat Willie.”)
  3. City Lights (Charlie Chaplin)
  4. Safety Last
  5. Modern Times
  6. Silent Movie
  7. The Gold Rush
  8. The Freshman (Harold Lloyd)
  9. Keystone Kops
  10. The Hayseed (Fatty Arbuckle)
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Classic silent comedies

  1. The General
  2. Steamboat Bill, Jr. (The inspiration for Mickey Mouse in “Steamboat Willie.”)
  3. City Lights (Charlie Chaplin)
  4. Safety Last
  5. Modern Times
  6. Silent Movie
  7. The Gold Rush
  8. The Freshman (Harold Lloyd)
  9. Keystone Kops
  10. The Hayseed (Fatty Arbuckle)
  11. The Kid Brother (Harold Lloyd)
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Classic silent comedies

  1. The General
  2. Steamboat Bill, Jr. (The inspiration for Mickey Mouse in “Steamboat Willie.”)
  3. City Lights (Charlie Chaplin)
  4. Safety Last
  5. Modern Times
  6. Silent Movie
  7. The Gold Rush
  8. The Freshman (Harold Lloyd)
  9. Keystone Kops
  10. The Hayseed (Fatty Arbuckle)
  11. The Kid Brother (Harold Lloyd)
  12. Big Business (Laurel & Hardy)
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Classic silent comedies

  1. The General
  2. Steamboat Bill, Jr. (The inspiration for Mickey Mouse in “Steamboat Willie.”)
  3. City Lights (Charlie Chaplin)
  4. Safety Last
  5. Modern Times
  6. Silent Movie
  7. The Gold Rush
  8. The Freshman (Harold Lloyd)
  9. Keystone Kops
  10. The Hayseed (Fatty Arbuckle)
  11. The Kid Brother (Harold Lloyd)
  12. Big Business (Laurel & Hardy)
  13. Hands Up!

In honor of Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, this was one of the first (and only) early comedies to feature Lincoln (and Brigham Young) as a character. Starred the mostly forgotten (but very big at the time) Raymond Griffith, who when talkies came became one of Hollywood’s first in-demand script doctors.

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Types of “freaks” and performers you might have seen in the golden age of sideshows

  1. A bearded lady
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Types of “freaks” and performers you might have seen in the golden age of sideshows

  1. A bearded lady
  2. Siamese Twins
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Types of “freaks” and performers you might have seen in the golden age of sideshows

  1. A bearded lady
  2. Siamese Twins
  3. A very tall (over 7’) man married to a very short (under 4’) woman
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Types of “freaks” and performers you might have seen in the golden age of sideshows

  1. A bearded lady
  2. Siamese Twins
  3. A very tall (over 7’) man married to a very short (under 4’) woman
  4. sword swallower

The trick is there is no trick. They just learn how to shove a sword down their throat without injuring themselves.

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Types of “freaks” and performers you might have seen in the golden age of sideshows

  1. A bearded lady
  2. Siamese Twins
  3. A very tall (over 7’) man married to a very short (under 4’) woman
  4. sword swallower
  5. The Geek

Also no trick- just the willingness to eat live animals.

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Types of “freaks” and performers you might have seen in the golden age of sideshows

  1. A bearded lady
  2. Siamese Twins
  3. A very tall (over 7’) man married to a very short (under 4’) woman
  4. sword swallower
  5. The Geek
  6. An Elephant Man (eg. Joseph Merrick)
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Types of “freaks” and performers you might have seen in the golden age of sideshows

  1. A bearded lady
  2. Siamese Twins
  3. A very tall (over 7’) man married to a very short (under 4’) woman
  4. sword swallower
  5. The Geek
  6. An Elephant Man (eg. Joseph Merrick)
  7. Somebody with hypertrichosis

Hypertrichosis is excessive hairiness, especially on the face. Examples past and present.

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Types of “freaks” and performers you might have seen in the golden age of sideshows

  1. A bearded lady
  2. Siamese Twins
  3. A very tall (over 7’) man married to a very short (under 4’) woman
  4. sword swallower
  5. The Geek
  6. An Elephant Man (eg. Joseph Merrick)
  7. Somebody with hypertrichosis
  8. An extensively tattooed person
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Types of “freaks” and performers you might have seen in the golden age of sideshows

  1. A bearded lady
  2. Siamese Twins
  3. A very tall (over 7’) man married to a very short (under 4’) woman
  4. sword swallower
  5. The Geek
  6. An Elephant Man (eg. Joseph Merrick)
  7. Somebody with hypertrichosis
  8. An extensively tattooed person
  9. Lobster boy (born with claw-shaped hands)
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Types of “freaks” and performers you might have seen in the golden age of sideshows

  1. A bearded lady
  2. Siamese Twins
  3. A very tall (over 7’) man married to a very short (under 4’) woman
  4. sword swallower
  5. The Geek
  6. An Elephant Man (eg. Joseph Merrick)
  7. Somebody with hypertrichosis
  8. An extensively tattooed person
  9. Lobster boy (born with claw-shaped hands)
  10. Albinos
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Types of “freaks” and performers you might have seen in the golden age of sideshows

  1. A bearded lady
  2. Siamese Twins
  3. A very tall (over 7’) man married to a very short (under 4’) woman
  4. sword swallower
  5. The Geek
  6. An Elephant Man (eg. Joseph Merrick)
  7. Somebody with hypertrichosis
  8. An extensively tattooed person
  9. Lobster boy (born with claw-shaped hands)
  10. Albinos
  11. The armless and-or legless Wonder

Somebody missing arms/legs but capable of almost anything that anybody with them can do.

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Types of “freaks” and performers you might have seen in the golden age of sideshows

  1. A bearded lady
  2. Siamese Twins
  3. A very tall (over 7’) man married to a very short (under 4’) woman
  4. sword swallower
  5. The Geek
  6. An Elephant Man (eg. Joseph Merrick)
  7. Somebody with hypertrichosis
  8. An extensively tattooed person
  9. Lobster boy (born with claw-shaped hands)
  10. Albinos
  11. The armless and-or legless Wonder
  12. Seal Boy aka Stanley Berent (Born with short arms and flippers for hands)
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Types of “freaks” and performers you might have seen in the golden age of sideshows

  1. A bearded lady
  2. Siamese Twins
  3. A very tall (over 7’) man married to a very short (under 4’) woman
  4. sword swallower
  5. The Geek
  6. An Elephant Man (eg. Joseph Merrick)
  7. Somebody with hypertrichosis
  8. An extensively tattooed person
  9. Lobster boy (born with claw-shaped hands)
  10. Albinos
  11. The armless and-or legless Wonder
  12. Seal Boy aka Stanley Berent (Born with short arms and flippers for hands)
  13. “Pinheads” - people with Microcephaly

I just picked a category so I’ll pass.

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Thanks!

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Best thing to see in a favorite city of yours.

  1. Boston - Sail frigate USS Constitution
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Best thing to see in a favorite city of yours.

  1. Boston - Sail frigate USS Constitution
  2. Bedford VA- the Blue Ridge Mountains
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Best thing to see in a favorite city of yours.

  1. Boston - Sail frigate USS Constitution
  2. Bedford VA- the Blue Ridge Mountains
  3. San Francisco - Beach Blanket Babylon

Of course, you could fill three lists with just San Francisco

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Best thing to see in a favorite city of yours.

  1. Boston - Sail frigate USS Constitution
  2. Bedford VA- the Blue Ridge Mountains
  3. San Francisco - Beach Blanket Babylon
  4. Singapore - Hawker Centres