01 Jan 1932
Freaks
A circus' beautiful trapeze artist agrees to marry the leader of side-show performers, but his deformed friends discover she is only marrying him for his inheritance.
Night World
"Happy" MacDonald and his unfaithful wife own a Prohibition era night club. On this eventful night, he is threatened by bootleggers, and the club's star dancer falls in love with a young socialite who drinks to forget a personal tragedy, among other incidents.
Top Billed Cast
Lew Ayres Michael Rand
Mae Clarke Ruth Taylor
Boris Karloff 'Happy' MacDonald
Dorothy Revier Jill MacDonald
Russell Hopton Klauss
Hedda Hopper Mrs. Rand
Clarence Muse Tim Washington, the Doorman
Dorothy Peterson Edith Blair
Bert Roach Tommy
George Raft Ed Powell
Gene Morgan Joe
Huntley Gordon Jim
Robert Emmett O'Connor The Policeman
Arletta Duncan Cigarette Girl
Alice Adair Chorine (uncredited)
Frank Beal Bit (uncredited)
Louise Beavers Maid (uncredited)
Billy Bletcher Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Sammy Blum Salesman (uncredited)
Edna Callahan Chorus Girl (uncredited)
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