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General Major 
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TITLE |
Chained for Life (1951) |
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DISABILITY |
General
Siamese twins |
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NOTES |
This film
stars the Siamese twins Violet and Daisy who were |
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in "Freaks"
(see below). One of them kills the husband who |
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had left
her. Now facing a murder charge the problem is how |
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to punish
her without doing the same to her sister. The story is
based on the Gordino and Lucio Simplicio (male twins) one of whom was
charged with hitting a child while drunk driving. Because it would
have difficult to send both to prison the guilty twin was fined
heavily. The innocent twin would not work to pay the fine so the
guilty one responded by threatening to kill himself. |
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This appears
to be wholly exploitative but there's a 29 year |
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gap between
this and Freaks so you can't blame the twins for |
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Notes
Visit
Coney Island Freaks
and the Show
History site |
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