• It’s an oddity, directed by the great Tod Browning and at least partially written by Von Stroheim the film, largely, centers upon Lionel Barrymore running around in drag
  • It’s a morality play like most of Browning’s work and focuses on deformities— odd how it connects with 2017’s Downsizing with Alexander Payne- the scientists here are trying to shrink people down to conserve the earth’s resources
  • Wife scientist has bride of Frankenstein hair
  • It’s a revenge film like much of Browning’s work
  • Wipe editing
  • Some of the FX stuff is pretty slick—working with miniatures and oversized objects
  • The off-beat positive ending seems off giving some of Barrymore’s ugly motives—not a place to start a Browning study but I have it in the archives because I think it’s revisiting
  • Recommend