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LOT OF CIRCUS FOLKS , SECURED FOR PARIS III THE UNHOLY THREE”Mr* n picture are always hard tccant because much depends on th«playerf.Casting of Tod ftrowning’s *’Tharnhnly Three,** a Metro-Ooldwryn-Mayer production to be shown next Haturday at the KUItO tHerater, wa*especially hard because the script called for a largo number of human fr*»k» who are so rare that they amhard to locate. *Long before he became a picturedirector Tod Mrowntng manager of « carnival company touring America In this business he became ae-c|Ualnted with moat of the freaks of nature who make their living by exhibit log what other people would callmisfortune*,It wasn’t much trouble to get holdof Alice from Dalla*, the 750-pound fat girl, bee*uso Alien employ* a pre«a agent and let* everybody know of herpresence.To get an honest »to * goodneaet w ord-swallower is a tough Job, Faw men ran ram e words down their throat* for a distance of two and a Half feet without Injuring their ton*’ Ml* and perforating a lot of othari human machinery that won’t trtajadrough treatment.i Tin ewrord-sw allow or, how ever, was j finally located and he was found to i be a cwnaclbntloti* one who insisted on swallowing every inch pcwwdbl*. not ( bent use of pride In hi* art but because hi* dying wife had made him ewcar to Carry on the profession which coat her life.Tin giant, the midget, the htjman skeleton, the tattooed girl, the kootchdancer and the Hlamese twin* were finally rounded up after a North MainI *tro«t museum In Lo» Angcle* had ton led mtwt of it* freak* and assisted in locating other*• Mac Wtisch and l,«n Chaney head the splendid cast In the screen version of C, A. ilobbine’ novel adapted by Wuldemar Young,
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Anaconda Standard
Anaconda, Montana, US
Sun, Oct 18, 1925
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