MGM. Release Date. Feb 20, 1932. Synopsis. The genesis of MGM's Freaks was a magazine piece by Ted Robbins titled Spurs.

When Rasputin and the Empress came out in 1932, it garnered mixed reviews. ... Princess Irina Alexandrovna of Russia, or Irina Yusupov, by her later name, sued Metro Goldwyn Mayer (MGM), ...

The 1932 MGM film won Best Picture at the fifth Academy Awards and since then has found itself nestled into pseudo-obscurity. An ensemble cast of characters, intersecting stories and then a swift end.

Clips and stills indicate it’s clearly influenced by the 1932 horror classic “Freaks,’’ which employed actual “freak show” performers for one of the most unusual films ever made by a ...

One of the greatest surprises I ever received came on the day that a former student arranged for me to watch a rare 1932 movie in Louis B. Mayer's private screening room at MGM. For one glorious ...