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One of the most original and unsettling filmmakers of all time, Tod Browning (1880â 1962) began his career buried alive in a carnival sideshow and saw his Hollywood reputation crash with the box office disasterâ turnedâ cult classic Freaks. Penetrating the secret world of â the Edgar Allan Poe of the cinema,â Dark Carnival excavates the story of this complicated, fiercely private man.

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One of the most original and unsettling filmmakers of all time, Tod Browning (1880â 1962) began his career buried alive in a carnival sideshow and saw his Hollywood reputation crash with the box office disasterâ turnedâ cult classic Freaks. Penetrating the secret world of â the Edgar Allan Poe of the cinema,â Dark Carnival excavates the story of this complicated, fiercely private man.
Autorenporträt
David J. Skal (1952–2024) was one of the foremost authorities on horror in popular culture. His many books include Hollywood Gothic: The Tangled Web of Dracula from Novel to Stage to Screen; The Monster Show: A Cultural History of Horror; Death Makes a Holiday: A Cultural History of Halloween; and Something in the Blood: The Untold Story of Bram Stoker, the Man Who Wrote Dracula. Elias Savada is a film historian, copyright researcher, and founder and director of the Motion Picture Information Service in Bethesda, Maryland. He is a film critic for Film International, a contributor to the Mid-Atlantic Brew News, and compiled the The American Film Institute Catalog: Film Beginnings, 1893–1910.