# Some info on the missing scenes from"Freaks" (1932)

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**Created:** [September 25, 2019, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-info-on-the-missing-scenes-from-freaks-1932/840820 "2019-09-25T21:04:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2019, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-info-on-the-missing-scenes-from-freaks-1932/840820/1 "2019-09-25T21:04:33Z")

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This was on TCM this past week. They mentioned about 30 minutes of footage that (presumably) Mayer wanted cut. [This page](http://www.olgabaclanova.com/freaks_script_synopsis.htm) gives an outline of the script, and highlights in red what happened in the cut footage.

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**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2019, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-info-on-the-missing-scenes-from-freaks-1932/840820/2 "2019-09-26T04:05:12Z")

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This clears up a few questions I had. Fascinating! Thank you!

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**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2019, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-info-on-the-missing-scenes-from-freaks-1932/840820/3 "2019-09-26T05:02:22Z")

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It’s a pity that Phoro and Venus’s plot was cut…it was interesting.

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**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2019, 9:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-info-on-the-missing-scenes-from-freaks-1932/840820/4 "2019-09-26T09:37:53Z")

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It is a great movie and horrifying enough in its own documentary way. I can’t imagine what they cut because the rest of it was plenty bad enough. I really liked the black man with no arms or legs that had a family and still lit his own cigarettes. That was some serious inspiration.

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**Author:** ![Dropo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce7236/32.png) [@Dropo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dropo)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2019, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-info-on-the-missing-scenes-from-freaks-1932/840820/5 "2019-09-26T14:46:53Z")

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> [@Shagnasty](#):
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> …I really liked the black man with no arms or legs that had a family and still lit his own cigarettes. That was some serious inspiration.

> **[The Strange Story Of Prince Randian — P.T. Barnum's "Snake Man" \[VIDEO\]](https://allthatsinteresting.com/prince-randian)**
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> With just his mouth, Prince Randian could roll cigarettes, light them, and even shave his face.